Internet blogs have become an important platform for the discussion of many scientific
issues, including climate change. Blogs, and in particular the comment sections of blogs …

“Denial, a psychological defense mechanism, is an unconscious mental maneuver that
cancels out or obscures painful reality.... We do not need to confront or change things that do …

Which bystanders will confront racist, misogynist, personal attacks in news comment
sections? This article applies sociological concepts of deviance and social control to …

Machine learning-based predictive systems are increasingly used to assist online groups
and communities in various content moderation tasks. However, there are limited …

Big data provides researchers with valuable sources of information for studying
demographic behavior in the population. One such source is the texts posted by social …

This article offers a methodology for conducting large-scale audience analysis called “big
data audience analysis”(BDAA). BDAA uses distant reading and thin description to examine …

Due to challenges around low-quality comments and misinformation, many news outlets
have opted to turn off commenting features on their websites. The New York Times (NYT), on …

Social Media Livestreaming: Design for Disruption? addresses a host of emerging issues
concerning social media livestreaming, exploring this technology as a disruption and its …

This study examines what happens when an online community (OC) platform is shut down.
In particular, it builds on recent interest from information science on everyday life information …

News outlets rely on social media to freely distribute content, offering a venue for users to
comment on news. This exposes individuals to user comments prior to reading news …