“It is Easier to Leave Death Threats than to Get Them Taken Down!” – Systematising Journalists’ Battles with Online Mobs
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 22010677 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Signe Ivask (0000-0001-7106-099X, University of Tartu, autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 2025 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Fascículo | 5 |
| Páginas | 1009-1027 |
| Data de publicação | 2025-05-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Não |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Digital Journalism (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 2167-0811 • E-ISSN: 2167-082X |
| Editora | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/21670811.2025.2475181 |
| OpenAlex | W4408168880 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 5 |
| Referências citadas | 36 |
This study delves into journalists’ experiences and responses to online harassment. The research was conducted in 2021 through 18 semi-structured interviews. Results reveal the various forms of online harassment that journalists face, such as anti-journalist groups on social media that engage in doxing and organised attacks on their accounts filled with derogatory messages. The study also highlights the role of social media influencers who can direct online attacks and enforce “mob censorship.” However, the construction of these attacks can be challenging to comprehend as anonymous groups and individuals are involved. The fear of being attacked has led journalists to think twice about covering topics that may result in potential harassment. With the increasing use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), perpetrators now have new opportunities to harass journalists, changing the power dynamics between journalism and wrongdoers who seek to harass journalists and manipulate their stories online
Business · Computer security · Internet privacy · Political science · Public relations · Computer Science · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · Misinformation and Its Impacts · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
Global Journalism in Comparative Perspective
Hate Crimes in Cyberspace
Thematic analysis.
Comparison of Convenience Sampling and Purposive Sampling
Online Harassment and Its Implications for the Journalist–Audience Relationship
Expanding the Analytical Boundaries of Mob Censorship
Mob Censorship
Hostility Toward the Press
Harassment of Journalists and Its Aftermath
“You can Run, but You Cannot Hide!” Mapping Journalists’ Experiences With Hostility in Personal, Organizational, and Professional Domains
“Uh. . . . not to be nitpicky,,,,,but…the past tense of drag is dragged, not drug.”
Coercive impoliteness and blame avoidance in government communication
Not Their Fault, but Their Problem”
Suffering in Silence
Journalism Under Threat
Personal and Organizational Predictors of Compassion Fatigue Symptoms in Local Television Journalists
Risks and Resilience in the Case of Brazilian Female Journalists
Reconceptualizing ‘flaming’ and other problematic messages
Female journalists under attack? Explaining gender differences in reactions to audiences’ attacks
Antipress Violence and the Crisis of the State
Self-censorship narrated
Journalistic Branding on Twitter
Understanding Nascent Newsroom Security and Safety Cultures
I Always Watched Eyewitness News Just to See Your Beautiful Smile
Journalists, harassment, and emotional labor
Tackling the emotional toll together
You really have to have a thick skin
When can I get angry?” Journalists’ coping strategies and emotional management in hostile situations
| Obras citantes distintas | 5 |
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| Citações por ano | 5 |
| Intervalo de citações | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Velocidade de citação | current |
| Altamente citado | Não |
| Tipos de citação | Neutras: 5 |