college students who are currently enrolled as full-time students at four-year colleges
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
The source asked the question: "Turning now to hate speech, meaning speech or writing that may be viewed as offensive or prejudiced against someone on the basis of their sex, race, religion, ethnicity, or sexual orientation. In general, how serious of a problem do you think hate speech is on social media sites and apps like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube?"
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U.S. college students who think hate speech is a serious social media problem 2019
Based on a survey conducted from October to December 2019, 42 percent of all college students in the United States reported that they believed hate speech was a somewhat serious problem on social media. In comparison, 57 percent of HBCU students reported that it was a very serious problem.
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