Exploring violence in Digital environments: A field study on the community of Hail city

Abstract The new media, represented by social media, has been characterized by the production of contents that have become subject to accountability by the user and the recipient in general. In this regard, extremism in discourse has become one of the most important risks that threaten social life and social communication in the environment of virtual societies. Violence in all its forms circulated in the environment of the virtual space. Social, communicative and psychological studies in this field showed the negative effects that society is witnessing as a result of the increasing phenomenon. These spaces have become a platform for violence and hate speech, instead of raising awareness in combating and preventing it. Manifestations of violence and hate speech have become entrenched in social networks as a result of lack of awareness on the one hand, and on the other hand, due to the user’s lack of reservation to use phrases or publish pictures or contents offensive to individuals and institutions through the technique of installing photos and videos..., as a matter of taking into account the reasons, identities have become Anonymous or borrowed default uses verbal violence to pass its agenda and tear the social and emotional fabric of society. Hate speech that is disseminated through social networks usually leads to intolerance and generates hateful speeches. Before it multiplies, it spreads and amplifies through social media channels, and sometimes these echoes resonate. Contents through TV channels and newspapers alike, and have a special capacity for existing tensions between different groups and ignite violence among their members, as they may raise new concerns about the association of inflammatory discourse through these spaces with acts of violence. It may be a motive for accidents that contribute to psychological, social, economic, emotional, material and physical harm to people. Keywords: Exploring, forms of violence, Virtual environment, radicalization, breeding grounds.