Online Civic Intervention: A New Form of Political Participation Under Conditions of a Disruptive Online Discourse

IF 1.9 3区文学 Q2 COMMUNICATION

International Journal of Communication Pub Date : 2020-01-12 DOI:10.17169/REFUBIUM-26779

Pablo Porten-Cheé, Marlene Kunst, Martin Emmer

引用次数: 16

Abstract

In the everyday practice of online communication, we observe users deliberately reporting abusive content or opposing hate speech through counterspeech, while at the same time, online platforms are increasingly relying on and supporting this kind of user action to fight disruptive online behavior. We refer to this type of user engagement as online civic intervention (OCI) and regard it as a new form of user-based political participation in the digital sphere that contributes to an accessible and reasoned public discourse. Because OCI has received little scholarly attention thus far, this article conceptualizes low- and high-threshold types of OCI as different kinds of user responses to common disruptive online behavior such as hate speech or hostility toward the media. Against the background of participation research, we propose a theoretically grounded individual-level model that serves to explain OCI.

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网络公民干预:破坏性网络话语条件下的一种新的政治参与形式

在日常的网络传播实践中，我们观察到用户故意举报辱骂内容或通过反言论反对仇恨言论，同时，网络平台也越来越依赖和支持这种用户行动来打击破坏性的网络行为。我们将这种类型的用户参与称为在线公民干预(OCI)，并将其视为一种基于用户的数字领域政治参与的新形式，有助于实现可访问和理性的公共话语。由于到目前为止，OCI很少受到学术关注，本文将低阈值和高阈值类型的OCI概念定义为用户对常见破坏性在线行为(如仇恨言论或对媒体的敌意)的不同类型的反应。在参与研究的背景下，我们提出了一个具有理论基础的个人层面模型来解释OCI。

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