Under Attack in the Cyber Battlefield: A Scoping Review of Journalists' Experiences of Cyberharassment

F Sammut, M Bezzina, J Scerri - Journalism and Safety, 2024 - taylorfrancis.com
This scoping review synthesises evidence on journalists' experiences of online harassment.
This review aims to (i) understand the prevalence and impact of cyberharassment among …

Contending with sexual harassment: A study of Southern African female journalists' experiences

MJ Msimanga, LA Tshuma… - Journal of …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper seeks to contribute to the growing literature on sexual harassment of female
journalists from the Global South more broadly and Southern Africa in particular. We …

“I Really Wanted Them to Have My Back, but They Didn't”—Structural Barriers to Addressing Gendered Online Violence against Journalists

A Claesson - Journalism and Safety, 2024 - taylorfrancis.com
Despite rising scholarly interest in online violence as an “occupational hazard” for
journalists, we know little about the dynamics that shape the often-limited support given by …

An intersectional analysis of US Journalists' experiences with hostile sources

K Mesmer - Journalism & Communication Monographs, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Given rising hostility toward journalists in the United States, this monograph illuminates how
journalists experience hostility from news sources. Drawing on 38 in-depth interviews with …

Becoming a target: Journalists' perspectives on anti-press discourse and experiences with hate speech

Č Markov, A Đorđević - Journalism Practice, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
In many parts of the world, journalists work in increasingly hostile environments. To better
understand the characteristics and implications of hostility against the press in a hybrid …

[PDF][PDF] " This isn't what the industry should look like anymore": US Student Journalists, Harassment and Professional Socialization

M Heckman, M Chung, J Santos - Teaching Journalism & Mass …, 2022 - aejmc.us
While harassment targeting journalists is a growing area of concern in both professional and
academic circles, research into student journalists' experiences with harassment is scant …

Why do journalists face varying degrees of digital hostility? Examining the interplay between minority identity and celebrity capital

L Stahel - Communication Research, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
This study compares two explanations why some journalists are targeted more than others,
both by general digital hostility and specifically by identity-based hostility, job-related …

Online abuse, emotion work and sports journalism

G Sinclair, C Kearns, K Liston, D Kilvington… - Journalism …, 2025 - Taylor & Francis
This article generates new insights into the changing profession of journalism. Empirically,
we present the findings of 21 interviews with journalists working in the Irish and UK sports …

Unprepared for reality: Early-career journalists ill-equipped for hostility in the field

KR Mesmer - Journalism & Mass Communication Educator, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Scholarly calls surrounding the need to prepare journalism students for hostile encounters
and harassment are emerging. Using in-depth interviews with 28 early-career journalists …

An “assumption of bad faith”: Using fake news rhetoric to create journalistic teaching moments

KR Mesmer - Journalism Practice, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Given rising levels of hostility and distrust toward the press, this project explores how
journalists negotiate, adapt, and work to transform this social climate to both get what they …