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Sports which includes positive values such as friendship and peace is sometimes brought to the world’s agenda by events of violence. In this study, examines “hate speeches” in the media that are believed to have indirect effect on violence experienced in sports fields. Hate speech, a recent topic of academic research, is defined as insulting or threatening a group or an individual based discriminations on race, gender, nationality, religion, political views or social status. This research illustrates expressions of hate in traditional and new media prior to and after football matches in which tension and violence were observed. Daily sports journals and sports sections of local and national newspapers were examined in the context of traditional media. According to results, expressions involving hate speech were observed towards the opponent team about major league matches and prior to the Turkish National Football Team matches. It was also found that messages including hate speeches were transferred to social media environments and recycled among young generation. In terms of violence in sports fields, it can be argued that traditional and new media escalate the tension which exists among the fans and reproduce the violence by repeating it

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