｜Chapter 4｜ Reactions and Considerations towards Hate Speech [Position within the Group] The person who expresses the hate speech may be a person of authority from a particular institution, social group, or community including school teachers, university professors, or the management of public organizations or companies. Hate speech from these people greatly affect the members of the community in question, and so both regulations and preventions on such hate speech are important. This is also the reason why the self-regulation of major areas including schools, companies, public organizations, and media institutions is important. [Actual Effectiveness on the Audience] The expression of hate speech by someone whose relationship with the audience is highly influential should be considered seriously regardless of whether the speaker has a particular status or title. The effectiveness of the person who expresses hate speech should be evaluated by comprehensively considering the speaker’s relationship with the audience, the location or media used for the hate speech, the contents and methods of hate speech, and the audience’s degree of respect for the person who expressed the hate speech. 2) Context of Hate Speech The degree of harmful effects of hate speech may vary according to the political, economic, and social aspects of the time at which hate speech occurs. The same expression may be considered ineffective or lead to extreme issues according to the social atmosphere of the time. The social context may be identified in consideration of the following factors. 52