What one may say on the internet is increasingly controlled by a mix of automated programs,
and decisions made by paid and volunteer human moderators. On the popular social media …

Transgender individuals in the United States face significant threats to interpersonal safety;
however, there has as yet been relatively little research in the HCI and CSCW communities …

We present a review of 80 papers representing efforts to support participation in democratic
decision-making mostly related to local or national governments. The papers were …

In 2006, the Guardian opened many of its articles to readers' comments to encourage a
“conversation” between journalists and their readers. Readers responded enthusiastically …

Many news outlets allow users to contribute comments on topics about daily world events.
News articles are the seeds that spring users' interest to contribute content, that is …

Women are less likely than men to discuss or engage in politics. This study extends
research on the gender gap in politics to an online context by exploring whether women are …

YouTube es la plataforma favorita de entretenimiento de adolescentes y pre-adolescentes.
Se presenta en esta etapa como un entorno propicio para la subjetivación, al configurarse …

In January 2018, a feminist blog, babe, detailed an anonymous woman's date with
comedian Aziz Ansari, ending with her accusation that he had sexually assaulted her by …

It was previously hypothesized that gender differences--and thus gender discrimination--
would disappear if communication was no longer in person, and instead was transmitted …

This study examines conversations developed in the virtual public sphere to identify if a
user's gender affects the presence of incivility in news comment sections. By relying on a …