The rise of Cyber Racism Part of the Sharing the Stories of Australian
Muslims Speaker Series Share Tweet As part of the Sharing the Stories
of Australian Muslims project, the Race Discrimination Commissioner &
Team would like to invite you to our Speaker Series Event: The rise of
Cyber Racism with guest speakers Professor Kevin Dunn (Western Sydney
University) and Professor Andrew Jakubowicz (University of Technology
Sydney). The internet has changed the ways in which people
communicate, enabling ideas and images to spread quickly between large
numbers of people all over the world. While this increased freedom of
information-sharing has usually been used in a positive way, in some
cases it has also been used to disseminate content that is offensive,
threatening, violent and abusive. In fact, internationally, the number
of internet and social-networking sites devoted to racism, hate and
militancy has been found to be on the increase. During the Race
Discrimination Commissioner’s national consultations with the
Australian Muslim community, concerns about the increase in cyber
racism has been a key theme. Community members noted that the Muslim
community was often used as click bait by online media outlets who are
targeting sections of the Australian public. This negative narrative
is then propagated through social media echo chambers and, as recent
incidents have demonstrated, increasingly manifesting in real life.
Please register your attendance via Eventbrite. Advertisement Where
Australian National Maritime Museum 2 Murray Street, Sydney 2 Murray
Street, Pyrmont NSW 2000 Get directions on Google Maps When Tuesday 17
September 2019 from 6pm to 8pm From 2019-09-17T18:00:00+10:00 To
2019-09-17T20:00:00+10:00 Cost Free Book tickets More Info Website
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