Sarah Lewitzka

Datos Biográficos

ID9608669
NOMBRESarah Lewitzka
NOMBRESSarah
APELLIDOLewitzka
FIRMALEWITZKA S
AFILIACIONESFlinders University
VERIFICADONo
TOTAL DE OBRAS2
TOTAL DE CITAS0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR2
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2026
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2026
ÍNDICE H0

  • The role of decision making in the negative impact of content moderation

    Open AccessSarah Lewitzka, Victoria M E Bridgland et al.ARTICLECurrent Psychology2026

    Content moderators view hundreds of negative images daily to remove content that violates social media guidelines (e.g., live suicides, child exploitation). Frequent exposure to such content can lead to depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder. Therefore, it is important to investigate factors that exacerbate the negative impact of viewing graphic content. Here, we examined whether the types of decisions moderators make (i.e., those…

  • Evaluating image modification as a harm reduction approach in content moderation

    Open AccessSarah Lewitzka, Alana Liebeknecht et al.ARTICLEPsychological Research2026

    Content moderators are repeatedly exposed to disturbing material, leaving them susceptible to harm, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. Currently, social media platforms such as Facebook allow moderators to modify (i.e., blur or greyscale) the visual features of images to mitigate the potential impact of the material. However, there is little empirical basis for this intervention. Therefore, we examined whether viewing distu…