The government has stepped up its support for ethnic minorities in recent years, however, a study funded by the Equal Opportunities Commission showed that 341 ethnic minority-related news stories published on Hong Kong's online media platforms and 7,381 comments posted by their readers, although Only one story contained racial bias, stereotypes or discrimination on racial issues, but 348 of the reader comments did so.
The study analyzed 341 articles and 7,381 reader comments.
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Wang Yuan, Assistant Professor of the Department of Media and Communication, City University of Hong Kong, and Cui Yongkang, Head of the Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, conducted the research to analyze 341 articles published on Hong Kong online media platforms from January 23 to September 1, 2020 Minority-related news stories, and 7,381 comments posted by its readers, and recruited 250 ethnic minority Hong Kong residents to participate in an online survey in June 2021.
Three news articles use derogatory or biased words
The study found that only one online news report contained racial bias, stereotypes or discrimination on racial issues, accounting for about 0.3%; at the same time, three news articles used derogatory or biased words, accounting for 0.9%.
Among the 7,381 reader comments on this type of news, 348 comments involved racial bias, stereotypes or discrimination, accounting for 4.7%; at the same time, 315 comments used derogatory or biased words when describing ethnic minorities, accounting for 4.7%. 4.3%.
In addition, the study revealed that with regard to the tone of news reports and their readers' comments, 96.2% of news reports and 94.2% of readers' comments used a neutral tone, while only 1.2% of reports and 4.9% of comments used a negative tone about minorities.
Some scholars have launched "Online Media's Depiction of Hong Kong's Ethnic Minorities and Research on Online Racial Discrimination in Hong Kong".
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The group has made several recommendations, including that online media platforms should pay close attention to reader comments on their news stories, and consider removing comments that may constitute racial slurs, and that platforms may have anti-discrimination and anti-harassment policies that require their members and users to agree to any comments contained therein. Terms and Conditions; Ethnic minorities should report to online media companies when they find abusive content, discriminatory comments and false information in reports and reader comments, which may also contain racially slanderous content covered by the Racial Discrimination Ordinance. Complaints, etc., should be made to the EOC.
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