How online harassment affects Korean journalists? The effects of online harassment on the journalists’ psychological problems and their intention to leave the profession
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7477254 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Na Yeon Lee (0000-0002-1891-3591, Yonsei University), Ahran Park (0000-0003-2529-3631, Korea University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 900-920 |
| Publication date | 2023-03-27 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journalism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1464-8849 • E-ISSN: 1741-3001 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/14648849231166511 |
| OpenAlex | W4361003866 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 52 |
This study examined the effects of online harassment on journalists’ psychological trauma and their intention to leave work. It also investigated whether journalists’ psychological trauma mediates the effects of online harassment on their intention to leave the profession and whether gender makes a difference in that relationship. An online survey of 404 South Korean journalists provided three categories of online harassment that journalists experience: (1) aggressive and abusive expression, (2) disclosure of private information, and (3) cyberstalking and hacking. The findings of this study show that aggressive and abusive expression was the most frequent type of online harassment whereas cyberstalking and hacking was the least frequent. As expected, online harassment was found to be positively associated with journalists’ psychological trauma (PTSD symptoms) and intention to leave work. The results further indicate that journalists’ psychological trauma originating from online harassment frequently resulted in an intention to leave work. Interestingly, journalists’ psychological trauma was a significant mediator in the relationship between psychological trauma levels and intention to leave work for female journalists, but not for male journalists
Harassment · Psychological trauma · Workplace bullying · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection · Psychology · Clinical Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 6,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |