YOUTH 2020 - The position of young people in Slovenia

68 Figure 1.17: The frequency with which young people encounter hate speech online. How frequently in the past 12 months have you encountered online content which explicitly promoted hatred, violence, or offense? 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% Never or almost never On average, a few times a month Multiple times a week Every day or almost every day 19.7 42.3 25.4 12.6 0% Source: Mladina 2020. Figure 1.17 clearly shows that young people are basically surrounded by hate speech online. More than 80% say they encounter explicit hate speech on the internet several times per month. More than a third (38%) confronts hate speech several times a week or more frequently. Expectedly, those who encounter such content more frequently are also more likely to agree with the statement that there is too much hate speech in our society (r = 0.22; p < 0.01). Additional analyses reveal the same pattern as before. More hate speech is perceived by those who feel more affinity towards refugees (r = 0.91; p < 0.01), Roma (r = 0.16; p < 0.01), and homosexuals (r = 0.16; p < 0.01). Correlations with perceived discrim- ination on the basis of age (r = 0.25; p < 0.01), gender (r = 0.23; p < 0.01), economic conditions (r =0.19; p<0.01), ethnicmembership (r =0.16; p<0.01), religious convictions (r = 0.15; p < 0.01). The positive correlation between