This annotated bibliography showcases research around violence/peace and digital platforms. If you have a suggested reading, you can add it in the comment section below.
| Title | Tags | Content | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Does algorithmic content moderation promote democratic discourse? Radical democratic critique of toxic language AI | AI, Civility, Content moderation, Context, Toxicity | Oh, D., & Downey, J. (2024). Does algorithmic content moderation promote democratic discourse? Radical democratic … | 2024-11-11 15:46:05 |
| Post-truth politics as discursive violence: Online abuse, the public sphere and the figure of ‘the expert’ | Academia, Discourse, Epistemology, Information | Galpin, C., & Vernon, P. (2024). Post-truth politics as discursive violence: Online abuse, the public … | 2024-10-24 08:30:24 |
| “You did it to yourself”: An exploratory study of myths about gender-based technology-facilitated violence and abuse among men | Culture, Gender | Morales, E., Hodson, J., Chen, Y., Gosse, C., Mendes, K., & Veletsianos, G. (2024). “You … | 2024-09-17 00:07:30 |
| Three roots of online toxicity: Disembodiment, accountability, and disinhibition | Causes, Theory, Toxicity | Pandita, S., Garg, K., Zhang, J., & Mobbs, D. (2024). Three roots of online toxicity: … | 2024-09-04 22:46:20 |
| Playful trauma: TikTok creators and the use of the platformed body in times of war | Embodiment, TikTok, War | Divon, T., & Eriksson Krutrök, M. (2024). Playful trauma: TikTok creators and the use of … | 2024-08-29 17:31:37 |
| The role of evidence-based misogyny in antifeminist online communities of the ‘manosphere’ | Gender, Manosphere | Rothermel, A.-K. (2023). The role of evidence-based misogyny in antifeminist online communities of the ‘manosphere.’ … | 2024-08-14 22:23:32 |
| Just being a bit bitchy: The gendered valences of online anti-social behavior on Tattle Life | Experiences, Gender | O’Meara, V., Hodson, J., Jacobson, J., & Gruzd, A. (2024). Just being a bit bitchy: … | 2024-08-01 17:43:46 |
| Making a case for a social processes approach to online hate | Online hate, Social | Walther, J. B. (2024). Making a case for a social processes approach to online hate. … | 2024-07-25 18:31:25 |
| Hate-sharing: A case study of its prevalence and impact on Gab | Gab, Hate, Sociability | Weigel, M., & Gitomer, A. (2024). Hate-sharing: A case study of its prevalence and impact … | 2024-06-26 19:01:26 |
| Technology-facilitated violence: A conceptual review | Definition, Technology-facilitated violence | Mitchell, M., Wood, J., O’Neill, T., Wood, M., Pervan, F., Anderson, B., & Arpke-Wales, W. … | 2024-06-19 15:21:26 |
| Social media “ghosts”: how Facebook (Meta) Memories complicates healing for survivors of intimate partner violence | Affordances, Facebook, Gender | Little, N. (2023). Social media “ghosts”: How Facebook (Meta) Memories complicates healing for survivors of … | 2024-06-12 12:13:11 |
| Platform policy and online abuse: Understanding differential protections for public figures | Content moderation, Governance, Policy | Cover, R., Henry, N., Huynh, T. B., Gleave, J., Grechyn, V., & Greenfield, S. (2024). … | 2024-05-30 18:20:28 |
| Infrastructural platform violence: How women and queer journalists and activists in Lebanon experience abuse on WhatsApp | Governance, Platformization, WhatsApp | Riedl, M. J., El-Masri, A., Trauthig, I. K., & Woolley, S. C. (2024). Infrastructural platform … | 2024-04-30 15:30:38 |
| Repairing the harm: Toward an algorithmic reparations approach to hate speech content moderation | Content moderation, Governance, Hate speech | Peterson-Salahuddin, C. (2024). Repairing the harm: Toward an algorithmic reparations approach to hate speech content … | 2024-04-23 23:30:03 |
| Angry by design: toxic communication and technical architectures | Affordances, Architecture, Design, Governance | Munn, L. (2020). Angry by design: Toxic communication and technical architectures. Humanities and Social Sciences … | 2024-04-18 19:59:26 |
| Making sense of murder: Characterizing stories in social media groups | Audience, Experiences | Lev-On, A. (2023). Making sense of murder: Characterizing stories in social media groups. Media, Culture … | 2024-04-09 21:41:23 |
| Toxic speech and limited demand for content moderation on social media | Agonism, Civility, Content moderation, Toxicity | Pradel, F., Zilinsky, J., Kosmidis, S., & Theocharis, Y. (2024). Toxic speech and limited demand … | 2024-04-02 22:59:19 |
| Encounters between violence and media—Introduction | Recognition, Visibility | Harju, A. A., & Kotilainen, N. (2023). Encounters between violence and media—Introduction. International Journal of … | 2024-03-13 15:22:22 |
| Trauma-informed social media: Towards solutions for reducing and healing online harm | Content moderation, Governance, Solutions | Scott, C. F., Marcu, G., Anderson, R. E., Newman, M. W., & Schoenebeck, S. (2023, … | 2024-03-05 19:25:10 |
| A gathering with fire: Exploring the audience reception of internet memes about Belfast riots | Audience, Memes | Lundqvist, M. (2023). A gathering with fire: Exploring the audience reception of internet memes about … | 2024-03-01 16:00:25 |
| Flagging as a silencing tool: Exploring the relationship between de-platforming of sex and online abuse on Instagram and TikTok | Affordances, Content moderation, Instagram, TikTok | Are, C. (2024). Flagging as a silencing tool: Exploring the relationship between de-platforming of sex … | 2024-02-20 23:35:07 |
| The platformization of violence: Toward a concept of discursive toxicity on social media | Symbolic violence, Toxicity | Recuero, R. (2024). The platformization of violence: Toward a concept of discursive toxicity on social … | 2024-01-22 17:29:43 |
| Social media conflict: Platforms for racial vilification, or acts of provocation and citizenship? | Agonism, Racism, YouTube | Johns, A., & McCosker, A. (2015). Social media conflict: Platforms for racial vilification, or acts … | 2024-01-18 16:42:02 |
| Whore! Affect, sexualized aggression and resistance in young social media users’ interaction | Affect, Gender, Resistance, Symbolic violence | Sylwander, K. R., & Gottzén, L. (2020). Whore! Affect, sexualized aggression and resistance in young … | 2024-01-11 16:45:26 |
| The normalization of hatred: Identity, affective polarization, and dehumanization on Facebook in the context of intractable political conflict | Affect, Deshumanization, Facebook | Harel, T. O., Jameson, J. K., & Maoz, I. (2020). The normalization of hatred: Identity, … | 2024-01-04 21:13:25 |
| When does it become harassment?: An investigation of online criticism and calling out in Twitter | Calling out, Harassment, Subjectivity, Twitter | Kim, H., Kim, H., Kim, J., & Jang, J. (2022). When does it become harassment?: … | 2023-12-21 18:56:33 |
| Safe from “harm”: The governance of violence by platforms | Content moderation, Culture, Governance, Symbolic violence | DeCook, J. R., Cotter, K., Kanthawala, S., & Foyle, K. (2022). Safe from “harm”: The … | 2023-12-12 23:40:49 |
| The affordances of extreme speech | Content moderation, Extreme speech, Grammars | de Keulenaar, E. (2023). The affordances of extreme speech. Big Data & Society, 10(2). Link: … | 2023-12-07 22:06:02 |
| Combatting hate and trolling with love and reason? A qualitative analysis of the discursive antagonisms between organized hate speech and counterspeech online | Agonism, Counterspeech, Hate speech | Keller, N., & Askanius, T. (2020). Combatting hate and trolling with love and reason? A … | 2023-11-29 21:36:07 |
| It wasn’t just the trolls: Early internet culture, “fun,” and the fires of exclusionary laughter | Culture, History, Trolling | Phillips, W. (2019). It Wasn’t Just the Trolls: Early Internet Culture, “Fun,” and the Fires … | 2023-11-16 17:34:29 |
| Extreme speech online: An anthropological critique of hate speech debates | Context, Culture, Hate speech | Pohjonen, M., & Udupa, S. (2017). Extreme speech online: An anthropological critique of hate speech … | 2023-10-26 14:37:50 |
| Collective violence online: When streets gangs use social media | Crime, Youth | Densley, J. (2020). Collective violence online: When streets gangs use social media. In C. A. … | 2023-09-29 15:19:08 |
| Putting a “good face on the nation”: Beauty, memes, and the gendered rebranding of global Colombianidad | Gender, Labour, Memes, Symbolic violence | Cepeda, M. E. (2018). Putting a “good face on the nation”: Beauty, memes, and the … | 2023-09-21 22:04:30 |
| Ecologies of violence on social media: An exploration of practices, contexts, and grammars of online harm | Context, Ecologies, Grammars, Practices | Morales, E. (2023). Ecologies of violence on social media: An exploration of practices, contexts, and … | 2023-09-13 16:40:25 |
| Sticky violence | Recognition, Spectatorship, Visibility | Zelizer, B. (2023). Sticky violence. International Journal of Communication, 17, 1383–1389. Link: https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/18130 Open access: … | 2023-09-13 16:34:55 |
| Who would respond to A troll? A social network analysis of reactions to trolls in online communities | Community, Culture, Trolling | Sun, Q., & Shen, C. (2021). Who would respond to A troll? A social network … | 2023-09-07 22:23:32 |
| What is a flag for? Social media reporting tools and the vocabulary of complaint | Content moderation | Crawford, K., & Gillespie, T. (2016). What is a flag for? Social media reporting tools … | 2023-09-02 17:05:05 |
| “schleichdiduoaschloch” Terror, collective memory, and social media | Memory, Terrorism, Twitter | Tambuscio, M., & Tschiggerl, M. (2023). “#schleichdiduoaschloch” Terror, collective memory, and social media. Social Media … | 2023-08-24 23:34:44 |
| ’ll be there for you? Effects of Islamophobic online hate speech and counter speech on Muslim in-group bystanders’ intention to intervene | Bystander, Hate speech, Religion, Social identity | Obermaier, M., Schmuck, D., & Saleem, M. (2023). I’ll be there for you? Effects of … | 2023-08-16 18:38:46 |
| Cross-platform evaluation for Italian hate speech detection | Content moderation, Crossplatform, Language | Corazza, M., Menini, S., Cabrio, E., Tonelli, S., & Villata, S. (2019). Cross-platform evaluation for … | 2023-08-11 18:44:23 |
| Online harassment in majority contexts: Examining harms and remedies across countries. | Comparative, Context, Governance | Schoenebeck, S., Batool, A., Do, G., Darling, S., Grill, G., Wilkinson, D., Khan, M., Toyama, … | 2023-08-01 22:36:20 |
| Stop and frisk online: Theorizing everyday racism in digital policing in the use of social media for identification of criminal conduct and associations | Racism, Surveillance, Theory | Patton, D. U., Brunton, D.-W., Dixon, A., Miller, R. J., Leonard, P., & Hackman, R. … | 2023-07-26 14:12:32 |
| Contextures of hate: Towards a systems theory of hate communication on social media platforms | Hate speech, Review, Theory | Barth, N., Wagner, E., Raab, P., & Wiegärtner, B. (2023). Contextures of hate: Towards a … | 2023-07-19 23:26:05 |
| Networked responses to networked harassment? Creators’ coordinated management of “hate raids” on Twitch | Experiences, Harassment, Network, Twitch | Meisner, C. (2023). Networked responses to networked harassment? Creators’ coordinated management of “hate raids” on … | 2023-07-11 00:46:48 |
| Digital hostility, subjectivity and ethics: Theorising the disruption of identity in instances of mass online abuse and hate speech | Culture, Ethics, Network, Subjectivity | Cover, R. (2023). Digital hostility, subjectivity and ethics: Theorising the disruption of identity in instances … | 2023-07-05 23:50:04 |
| To troll or not to troll: Young adults’ anti-social behaviour on social media | Motivation, Perpetrators, Trolling | Soares, F. B., Gruzd, A., Jacobson, J., & Hodson, J. (2023). To troll or not … | 2023-06-22 21:42:03 |
| Flaming? What flaming? The pitfalls and potentials of researching online hostility | Academia, Flaming, Review | Jane, E. A. (2015). Flaming? What flaming? The pitfalls and potentials of researching online hostility. … | 2023-06-16 15:41:20 |
| Trolling as provocation: YouTube’s agonistic publics | Agonism, Trolling, YouTube | McCosker, A. (2014). Trolling as provocation: YouTube’s agonistic publics. Convergence: The International Journal of Research … | 2023-05-31 15:21:08 |
| Why bystanders (don’t) post about violence: Contextualizing individual versus socialized rationales of observers’ publication intentions | Bystander, Experiences, Gaze, Spectatorship | Bayerl, P. S., Shahid, S., & Moitroux, P. (2023). Why bystanders (don’t) post about violence: … | 2023-05-25 15:32:57 |
| Morally motivated networked harassment as normative reinforcement | Harassment, Network | Marwick, A. E. (2021). Morally motivated networked harassment as normative reinforcement. Social Media + Society, … | 2023-05-19 15:33:02 |
| Social media and the visibility of horrific violence | Affect, Extreme violence, Governance, Visual | Duncombe, C. (2020). Social media and the visibility of horrific violence. International Affairs, 96(3), 609–629. … | 2023-05-11 23:14:11 |
| From scalability to subsidiarity in addressing online harm | Content moderation, Governance, Justice | Hasinoff, A. A., & Schneider, N. (2022). From scalability to subsidiarity in addressing online harm. … | 2023-05-03 22:10:40 |
| Banal phenomenologies of conflict: Professional media cultures and audiences of distant suffering | Distance, Experiences | Markham, T. (2020). Banal phenomenologies of conflict: Professional media cultures and audiences of distant suffering. … | 2023-04-27 21:53:35 |
| Algorithmic violence in everyday life and the role of media anthropology | Algorithm, Data, Symbolic violence | Barassi, V. (2022). Algorithmic violence in everyday life and the role of media anthropology. In … | 2023-04-20 00:17:11 |
| Women scholars’ experiences with online harassment and abuse: Self-protection, resistance, acceptance, and self-blame | Academia, Experiences, Gender | Veletsianos, G., Houlden, S., Hodson, J., & Gosse, C. (2018). Women scholars’ experiences with online … | 2023-04-12 18:34:44 |
| Ensayos sobre el abismo: Políticas de la mirada, violencia, tecnopolítica [Essays on the abyss: Politics of the gaze, violence, technopolitics] | Gaze, Methodology, Violence, Visual | Reguillo, R. (2023). Ensayos sobre el abismo: Políticas de la mirada, violencia, tecnopolítica. Encartes, 6(11). … | 2023-04-04 15:06:08 |
| Alt_Right white lite: Trolling, hate speech and cyber racism on social media | Experiences, Hate speech, Race | Jakubowicz, A. H. (2017). Alt_Right white lite: Trolling, hate speech and cyber racism on social … | 2023-03-30 01:07:44 |
| Twitter, cyber-violence, and the need for a critical social media literacy in teacher education: A review of the literature | Cyber violence, Education | Nagle, J. (2018). Twitter, cyber-violence, and the need for a critical social media literacy in … | 2023-03-24 16:34:28 |
| “Narco” emotions: Affect and desensitization in social media during the Mexican drug war | Affect, Extreme violence | De Choudhury, M., Monroy-Hernández, A., & Mark, G. (2014). “Narco” emotions: Affect and desensitization in … | 2023-03-15 17:32:02 |
| Social media and symbolic violence | Symbolic violence | Recuero, R. (2015). Social media and symbolic violence. Social Media + Society, 1(1), Link: https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305115580332 … | 2023-03-07 16:03:14 |
| Surface and sublevel hate | Hate speech | Munn, L. (2023). Surface and sublevel hate. Big Data & Society, 10(1). Link: https://doi.org/10.1177/20539517221148136 Open … | 2023-03-02 19:17:33 |
| When online harassment is perceived as justified | Experiences, Governance, Harassment | Blackwell, L., Chen, T., Schoenebeck, S., & Lampe, C. (2018). When online harassment is perceived … | 2023-02-22 16:36:18 |
| Memetizing genocides and post-genocide peacebuilding: Ambivalent implications of memes for youth participation and imaginaries in Rwanda | Humour, Peace | Ataci, T. (2022). Memetizing genocides and post-genocide peacebuilding: Ambivalent implications of memes for youth participation … | 2023-02-15 16:01:59 |
| Hate in the machine: Anti-Black and Anti-Muslim social media posts as predictors of offline racially and religiously aggravated crime | Hate speech, Race, Religion | Williams, M. L., Burnap, P., Javed, A., Liu, H., & Ozalp, S. (2019). Hate in … | 2023-02-10 15:53:47 |
| “I didn’t have the language”: Young people learning to challenge gender-based violence through consumption of social media | Experiences, Gender, Language | Molnar, L. I. (2022). “I didn’t have the language”: Young people learning to challenge gender-based … | 2023-02-07 22:39:47 |
| Digital peacebuilding: A framework for critical–reflexive engagement | Peace, Reflexivity | Hirblinger, A. T., Hansen, J. M., Hoelscher, K., Kolås, Å., Lidén, K., & Martins, B. … | 2023-02-06 21:38:40 |
| Flaming on YouTube | YouTube | Moor, P. J., Heuvelman, A., & Verleur, R. (2010). Flaming on YouTube. Computers in Human … | 2023-02-03 15:58:32 |
| Humour as an online safety issue: Exploring solutions to help platforms better address this form of expression | Governance, Humour | Matamoros-Fernández, A., Bartolo, L., & Troynar, L. (2023). Humour as an online safety issue: Exploring … | 2023-02-01 15:53:51 |
| Networked individuals, gendered violence: A literature review of cyberviolence | Gender, Review | Backe, E. L., Lilleston, P., & McCleary-Sills, J. (2018). Networked Individuals, Gendered Violence: A Literature … | 2023-01-30 15:43:32 |
| “Not the real world”: Exploring experiences of online abuse, digital dualism, and ontological labor | Digital dualism | Gosse, C. (2021). “Not the Real World”: Exploring Experiences of Online Abuse, Digital Dualism, and … | 2023-01-27 21:34:29 |
| Bots amplify and redirect hate speech in online discourse about racism during the COVID-19 pandemic | Bots, Hate speech, Race | Uyheng, J., Bellutta, D., & Carley, K. M. (2022). Bots Amplify and Redirect Hate Speech … | 2023-01-27 16:48:17 |
| Interacting for peace: Rethinking peace through interactive digital platforms | Peace, Time | Katz, Y. (2020). Interacting for peace: Rethinking peace through interactive digital platforms. Social Media + … | 2023-01-26 23:05:01 |
| How social media users perceive different forms of online hate speech: A qualitative multi-method study | Hate speech, Spectatorship | Schmid, U. K., Kümpel, A. S., & Rieger, D. (2022). How social media users perceive … | 2023-01-26 15:48:06 |
| Rape threats and revenge porn: Defining sexual violence in the digital age | Gender | Fairbairn, J. (2022). Rape Threats and Revenge Porn: Defining Sexual Violence in the Digital Age. … | 2023-01-25 19:02:49 |
| A qualitative analysis of how individuals utilized the Twitter hashtags #NotOkay and #MeToo to comment on the perpetration of interpersonal violence | Interpersonal violence, Twitter | Bogen, K. W., Bhuptani, P. H., Haikalis, M., & Orchowski, L. M. (2022). A Qualitative … | 2023-01-25 01:29:12 |
| Human rights, privacy rights, and technology-facilitated violence | Digital dualism, Governance | Coombs, E. (2021). Human Rights, Privacy Rights, and Technology-Facilitated Violence. In J. Bailey, A. Flynn, … | 2023-01-23 15:41:02 |
| “Your a ugly, whorish, slut”: Understanding e-bile | Gender | Jane, E. A. (2014). “Your a Ugly, Whorish, Slut”: Understanding E-bile. Feminist Media Studies, 14(4), … | 2023-01-19 00:33:19 |
| Inviting, affording and translating harm: Understanding the role of technological mediation in technology-facilitated violence | Mediation, Theory | Wood, M. A., Mitchell, M., Pervan, F., Anderson, B., O’Neill, T., Wood, J., & Arpke-Wales, … | 2023-01-18 15:36:37 |
| Technology facilitated coercive control: Domestic violence and the competing roles of digital media platforms | Gender, Governance | Dragiewicz, M., Burgess, J., Matamoros-Fernández, A., Salter, M., Suzor, N. P., Woodlock, D., & Harris, … | 2023-01-17 22:11:26 |
| Is it actually violence? Framing technology-facilitated abuse as violence | Digital dualism, Law | Dunn, S. (2021). Is it Actually Violence? Framing Technology-Facilitated Abuse as Violence. In J. Bailey, … | 2023-01-16 21:32:17 |
| Antisocial media and algorithmic deviancy amplification: Analysing the id of Facebook’s technological unconscious | Algorithm, Facebook, Street violence | Wood, M. A. (2017). Antisocial media and algorithmic deviancy amplification: Analysing the id of Facebook’s … | 2023-01-16 21:20:45 |
| Gendered cyberhate as workplace harassment and economic vandalism | Gender, Labour | Jane, E. A. (2018). Gendered cyberhate as workplace harassment and economic vandalism. Feminist Media Studies, … | 2023-01-16 15:52:16 |
| Pornographies of violence? Internet spectatorship on body horror | Extreme violence, Spectatorship | Tait, S. (2008). Pornographies of Violence? Internet Spectatorship on Body Horror. Critical Studies in Media … | 2023-01-15 16:40:50 |
| Investigating the experience of viewing extreme real-world violence online: Naturalistic evidence from an online discussion forum | Experiences, Extreme violence | Stubbs, J. E., Nicklin, L. L., Wilsdon, L., & Lloyd, J. (2022). Investigating the experience … | 2023-01-13 22:20:39 |
| Humor that harms? Examining racist audio-visual memetic media on TikTok during Covid-19 | Humour, Race, TikTok | Matamoros-Fernández, A., Rodriguez, A., & Wikström, P. (2022). Humor That Harms? Examining Racist Audio-Visual Memetic … | 2023-01-13 00:35:25 |
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Great list. Thanks, Esteban.