FOLKUNIVERSITETET CARRIED OUT A RESEARCH ON HATE SPEECH TOWARDS YOUNG MIGRANTS IN UPPSALA, SWEDEN During March-May 2019 Folkuniversitetet carried out a research on hate speech towards young migrants in Uppsala, Sweden. The research was organised in 3 stages:

1. Department for International Cooperation
Folkuniversitetet, Uppsala
Address:Bergsbrunnagatan 1
75323 Uppsala, Sweden
Phone:018-68 00 60
Email:ali.rashidi@folkuniversitetet.se
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28.05.2019
FOLKUNIVERSITETET CARRIED OUT A RESEARCH ON HATE SPEECH TOWARDS YOUNG MIGRANTS IN
UPPSALA, SWEDEN
During March-May 2019 Folkuniversitetet carried out a research on hate speech towards young
migrants in Uppsala, Sweden. The research was organised in 3 stages:
- Deskresearch,analysing currentSwedishonline andofflineanti-immigrantdiscourse and
hate speechpresentthere;
- Focusgroups with15 universitystudentstoexamine the situationfromtheirperspectiveand
obtainreal life examplesof hate speech(qualitative partof the research);
- Online (andpaper-based)questionnairestobe able toobtainquantitative dataregardingthe
viewsonhate speechandattitudestowardsitwithinthe targetgroup.
The researchshowedthatthe evidencesof separationbetweenimmigrantsandSwedish are still
presentinthe society.Manyhate speechexamplesstudiedinthe onlineresourceswasrelatedto
economical strugglesof the country. Atthe same time duringthe research,we foundcomments
protectingimmigrantsandarguingfake newsrelatedtothe negative picture of the immigration.
“Such tendencymaymeanthatgenerally,Swedishsocietyisopenandfriendlytowardrefugeesbut
more work shouldbe done in awarenessrisingandeducating”- saysAli Rashidi,the directorof
DepartmentforInternational Cooperationof Folkuniversitetet.
The current researchisconductedwithin'MATE'-project,aimingtoinvestigatecommonformsof
hate speechONLINE(Social media) andOFFLINE(face toface communication)inSweden.
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Contact:Ali Rashidi
Phone:+46 18 68 00 60, email: ali.rashidi@folkuniversitetet.se

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