Adolescents’ intentional and unintentional cyberhate exposure in Estonia, Finland, Germany, Italy, Poland, and Portugal : The role of perceived discrimination and digital literacy

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14230%2F25%3A00141066" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14230/25:00141066 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.17632/c66jczxfjc.4" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.17632/c66jczxfjc.4</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17482798.2025.2480091" target="_blank" >10.1080/17482798.2025.2480091</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Adolescents’ intentional and unintentional cyberhate exposure in Estonia, Finland, Germany, Italy, Poland, and Portugal : The role of perceived discrimination and digital literacy

Original language description

Cyberhate refers to hateful and biased online content that targets people based on their group membership. This study differentiates between intentional and unintentional cyberhate exposure and examines the role of perceived discrimination, with five dimensions of digital literacy as mediators. Data were collected via a three-wave longitudinal survey conducted over the span of three years (2021–2023) with 2,660 adolescents (aged 14–17 in W3) from six European countries (Estonia, Finland, Germany, Italy, Poland, and Portugal). A cross-lagged panel model shows that perceived discrimination predicts both types of cyberhate exposure and that there are differences in digital literacy dimensions. Technical and operational skills increased intentional cyberhate exposure. Programming skill increased both types of cyberhate exposure. Communication and interaction literacy decreased intentional cyberhate exposure. And information navigation literacy decreased unintentional cyberhate exposure. The indirect effects were analogous – technical and operational skills led to higher un/intentional cyberhate exposure in the preceding year, whereas communication and interaction literacy led to less intentional exposure, and information, navigation, and processing literacy led to less unintentional exposure in the last year. The implications for digital literacy curricula are discussed.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50802 - Media and socio-cultural communication

Project

<a href="/en/project/EH22_008%2F0004583" target="_blank" >EH22_008/0004583: Research of Excellence on Digital Technologies and Wellbeing</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Children and Media

ISSN

1748-2798

e-ISSN

1748-2801

Volume of the periodical

19

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

20

Pages from-to

864-883

UT code for WoS article

001478065700001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105003888947