Hate Crime in the Era of Media Consumption in India

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K20072
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 80010:Area studies-related
• Research Institution: Kwansei Gakuin University
• Principal Investigator: Yui Miharu 関西学院大学, 国際学部, 准教授 (50634440)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 憎悪犯罪 / オンライン・ヘイトクライム / マイノリティ / 現代インド

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research project, I have tackled the ongoing problem of the spread of false information through communication apps and the occurrence of online hate crimes due to the rapid spread of smartphones in Indian society. Since the establishment of the Modi government in 2014, I have seen widespread oppression and injustice against minorities. In addition, I identified some tendencies for hate speech and dissemination of false information by political leaders before and after the general elections and state legislative elections. And I revealed that their behaviors had a certain degree of influence on voters' preferences.

Free Research Field

政治学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究では、メディア消費時代を迎えたインドにおいて、憎悪犯罪の形態や争点の変容を把握し、その予防について議論してきた。本研究では論じてきた未曽有の感染症の拡大や選挙に際して、マイノリティへの憎悪犯罪、弾圧と不正義が横行するという傾向については、インドのみならず、途上国の事例でも検証可能と考えられる。マイノリティの排除と包摂が世界的に共通課題となっており、現在進行形の事象を取り上げてきた本研究課題の学術的な効果と社会的意義は大きい。