Communication of Hate

Michael Waltman is Associate Professor of Communication Studies at the University of North Carolina. His research examines the social and political uses of various forms of hate speech, including the role of hate speech in the production of ethnoviolence and hate crime. Dr. Waltman and his students conduct workshops with children in North Carolina communities that focus on the value and importance of respecting social differences.John Haas is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Speech Communication at the University of Tennessee. He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in organizational communication, interpersonal communication, and research methods. His work has appeared in American Behavioral Scientist, Management Communication Quarterly, The Journal of Business Communication, The International Journal of Personal Construct Psychology, Southern States Communication Journal, and Journalism Quarterly.

• Acknowledgments – Language in Action: Overview of Discursive Constructs Useful for Understanding Hate Speech – Discursive Nature of Organized Hate Groups – Conceptual Properties of Hate-Motivated Speech – Hate Speech and the Internet – Nativism and Nativist Discourse – Nativism and the 2008 Presidential Election – Anti-Hate Narratives – Conclusion – Appendix A – Appendix B – References – Author Index – Subject Index.