At the 2nd asp theme day ‘Hate Speech in Social Media’ at the DSHS Cologne, Dr Marion Golenia Department of Physical Education and Teaching Research and Junior Professor Dr Helga Leineweber Department of Education and Culture presented findings from the ComeSport project to experts and interested parties from the fields of sports psychology, psychotherapy and psychiatry, boarding school education and sports science. The focus was on the effects of social media consumption on the body image of adolescents and young adults.
Further contributions were made by former tennis pro Dustin Brown, who reported on his experiences with hate comments on social media platforms in an interview with Marion Sulprizio. Wiebke Dierkes and Juliane Coßmann also presented a workshop concept on dealing with social media for young athletes.