Online and Offline Racism in Victoria
Research Stream:
Authors:
Craig McGarty
TBC
DOI
McGarty C. (2023). Online and Offline Racism in Victoria. Centre for Resilient and Inclusive Societies. Stream 1: Challenging Racism. Final Report, Project 3.
Suggested citation
An analysis of Twitter content from Victoria in 2020 found low levels of racial vilification of Asians. This surprising low level of public online racism is consistent with reanalysis of survey data. Racism directed against Asian Australians and others is an ongoing source of harm. There is not, however, good reasons to believe that hatred of Asians was successfully mobilized and exacerbated in Victoria in 2020 by mass online means. Racism needs to be confronted wherever it occurs, but the uncritical acceptance of media narratives is unlikely to help the cause of confronting it.
