MA Thesis at JMI: 13% Hate Speech on News Websites

26 Oct. 2017&nbsp;<br /> <br /> Amman -&nbsp;A study titled &quot;Hate Speech on Jordanian News Websites: Content Analysis,&quot; of a number of local news websites about the spread of hate speech in the Jordanian media has shown that it makes up 13% of the total news items that were studied.<br /> <br /> The thesis, submitted by Afnan al-Wahsh to earn the MA degree from the Jordan Media Institute (JMI), showed that 13% is not low and that it indicates a flaw in professionalism, objectivity, and commitment to the standards and ethics of journalistic work.<br /> <br /> According to the study, most of the hate speech focused on local issues in the categories of internal security, non-criminal incidents, corruption, public services, civil society, religious issues, human rights issues, elections, and political participation. Hate speech was not observed in topics related to foreign policy or the judiciary.<br /> <br /> The study aimed at shedding light on hate speech in Jordanian electronic media through analyzing the content published on three Jordanian news websites.<br /> <br /> The debate committee included Professor Basim Tweissi, Professor Amin Mashqbah, and Dr. Jean Karam, in addition to Dr. Sakher Khasawneh, who supervised the study. &nbsp;