Hate speech from the perspective of the mediatization of religion in the post-secular age. A few remarks for discussion

Abstract

The purpose of the paper is to systematize the following issues concerning the problem of hate speech from the perspective of the processes of the mediatization of religion in the post-secular era: the differences between constructive criticism and hate speech in the media; the implementation of hate speech in the mediatized forms of religion (doctrine, religious practices, the image of religious leaders and members of religious communities) and the importance of the mediatization processes in the spread of hate speech in the field of religion. In the study, the method of analysis as well as critical literature research and literature review methods have been applied.

Keywords

• doctrine
• hate speech
• mediatization
• post-secular age
• religion
• religious leader