This article draws on British newspaper reports in order to demonstrate that trolling, and the
media's subsequent framing of trolling, involves “silencing strategies.” It is important to …

Journalists and digital news audiences value virtual conversations about the news, but only
if they embody civil discussion. Drawing on a content analysis of 1379 stories and 333,605 …

Communication scholars have examined the potential pitfalls and rewards associated with
the ability to communicate in online spaces. We continue in that line of research by …

Brands, celebrities, or politicians are increasingly facing enormous online outrages in
response to moral misconducts. These online firestorms are characterized by high message …

Besonders danken möchte ich meinem Büro-Kollegen Dr. Mathias Weber, der meine Hoch-
und vor allem Tiefphasen im Entstehungsprozess dieser Arbeit mit unerschütterlicher …

YouTube hosts one billion visitors monthly and sees more than 400 hours of video uploaded
every minute. In “Thanks for Watching,” Patricia Lange offers an anthropological perspective …

In today's digital world our social interactions often take place in the form of written
comments. We chat, disagree, worship, vent, confess, and even attack in written form in …

Digital media give the public a voice to discuss or share their thoughts about political and
social events. However, these discussions can often include language that contributes to …

With the promise of a digital public sphere capable of reinvigorating public debate and
political participation far from being fulfilled, research on online political talk has been …

This study analyzed the impact of the November 2015 Paris attacks on online hate. On the
basis of social identity based theories of group relations, we hypothesized that exposure to …