Who cares? How personal political characteristics are related to online counteractions against hate speech

IF 4.4 1区文学 Q1 COMMUNICATION

Human Communication Research Pub Date : 2024-03-29 DOI:10.1093/hcr/hqae004

Ursula Kristin Schmid, Magdalena Obermaier, Diana Rieger

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Abstract

Although many Internet users have encountered hate speech online, interventions against those incidents are unlikely. To learn more about online counteractions against hate speech, which we conceptualize as a form of online civic participation, we conducted an online survey representing adult German Internet users (N = 2,691). We investigated what distinguishes users who intervene against hate speech, focusing on associations between citizens’ prior counteractions and their personal political characteristics, their attributed responsibility for intervening against hate speech to social and political actors, and their institutional trust. Results indicate that especially Internet users’ personal political characteristics (e.g., internal political efficacy, political opinion leadership) as well as trust in regulative political institutions are positively associated with counteracting against online hate speech. While social media use and previous experience with counteractions increased the likelihood of users counteracting against hate speech, authoritarian attitudes and attributing responsibility for intervening to platform operators decreased it.

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谁在乎？个人政治特征与网络反仇恨言论的关系

尽管许多网民都曾在网上遭遇过仇恨言论，但针对这些事件的干预却不太可能。为了了解更多有关网上反仇恨言论（我们将其视为一种网上公民参与形式）的信息，我们对德国成年网民（N = 2,691）进行了一次网上调查。我们调查了干预仇恨言论的用户的不同之处，重点关注公民先前的反制行为与其个人政治特征之间的关联、他们将干预仇恨言论的责任归咎于社会和政治行为者，以及他们对机构的信任。结果表明，尤其是网民的个人政治特征（如内部政治效能、政治舆论领导力）以及对政治监管机构的信任与反制网络仇恨言论正相关。社交媒体的使用和以往的反制经验增加了网民反制仇恨言论的可能性，而独裁态度和将干预责任归咎于平台运营商则降低了网民反制仇恨言论的可能性。

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Human Communication Research COMMUNICATION-

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8.20

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期刊介绍： Human Communication Research is one of the official journals of the prestigious International Communication Association and concentrates on presenting the best empirical work in the area of human communication. It is a top-ranked communication studies journal and one of the top ten journals in the field of human communication. Major topic areas for the journal include language and social interaction, nonverbal communication, interpersonal communication, organizational communication and new technologies, mass communication, health communication, intercultural communication, and developmental issues in communication.