The field studying digital hate is producing more research than ever. It is not producing enough conversation.
Digital Hate Review (DHR) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to the empirical and analytical study of hate and exclusion in digital environments — and to the interdisciplinary integration the field has lacked.
DHR publishes qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods research across linguistics, media studies, computational social science, legal studies, history, and social and political sciences. This is not eclecticism. It is a methodological position: the most consequential patterns in digital hate surface only when disciplines speak to each other.
Published by AddressHate. Articles are freely available online with no article processing charges (APCs) for authors.
DHR is now accepting proposals and completed manuscripts.
Our Goal
Research on digital hate has proliferated across disciplines, producing work of genuine quality and considerable social significance. Yet the field remains structurally fragmented. DHR is founded on the conviction that digital hate studies is not merely a topic shared across disciplines. It is a complex phenomenon that can only be fully understood through interdisciplinary integration, as connections across fields surface patterns that would otherwise remain obscured.
The journal brings together qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods research on both explicit and implicit forms of harmful content — with real-world consequences for platform governance, legal frameworks, and democratic participation.
How We Work
DHR publishes across three integrated formats.
Peer-reviewed research: Empirical and analytical scholarship from across the disciplines that constitute the field.
Legal Forum: A dedicated venue for legal scholars, practitioners, and policymakers examining the regulatory and jurisprudential dimensions of digital hate.
Perspectives: Contributions from platform engineers, civil society actors, and others at the frontlines of platform dynamics and content governance.
For Authors
Submit a Proposal
Use this option to propose a contribution that is not yet a completed manuscript. A proposal should clearly outline your core idea, research question(s), and analytical or methodological approach, and briefly explain how the planned project aligns with DHR's research focus.
Submit a Manuscript
Completed manuscripts are evaluated for scholarly quality, originality, and relevance. Submissions deemed suitable enter DHR's accelerated peer-review process, designed to deliver publish-ready research within a significantly shortened review cycle. Please review the Author Guidelines before submitting.
Editorial Leadership
DHR is guided by an international, interdisciplinary editorial board spanning political science, media studies, information science, communication, law, and digital memory.
Editor-in-Chief
Matthias J. Becker
AddressHate Research Scholar, NYU's Center for the Study of Antisemitism · Lead, Decoding Hate · Research Advisor, AddressHate
Assoc. Prof. Ayal Feinberg
Associate Professor of Political Science and Antisemitism Studies; Director, Center for Holocaust Studies and Human Rights — Gratz College
Prof. Christoph Neuberger
Professor of Media and Communication Studies (Digitalization and Participation), Freie Universität Berlin; Scientific Managing Director & Director, Weizenbaum-Institut
Asst. Prof. Roy Ka-Wei Lee
Assistant Professor, Information Systems Technology and Design Pillar (ISTD) — Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)
Kiran Garimella
Assistant Professor of Library and Information Science, School of Communication and Information — Rutgers University
Dr. John E. Richardson
Senior Lecturer, Department of Communication and Media — University of Liverpool
Prof. Victoria Grace Richardson-Walden
Professor of Digital Memory, Heritage, and Culture; Director, Landecker Digital Memory Lab — University of Sussex
Prof. Patricia Rossini
Professor of Political Communication, Division of Politics and International Studies — University of Glasgow