“The Boundaries are Blurry…”. How Comment Moderators in Germany See and Respond to Hate Comments

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dc.contributor.authorPaasch-Colberg, Sünje
dc.contributor.authorStrippel, Christian
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-30T14:18:50Z
dc.date.available2023-08-30T14:18:50Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractAggressive and hateful user comments on news sites and social media threaten discussions on the Internet and pose a difficult challenge for content regulation. Previous research has mainly focused on the analysis of moderation strategies in dealing with such comments. In contrast, little attention was paid to the issue of which comments are considered problematic by content moderators in the first place. The answer to this question has more than theoretical relevance, but practical significance against the backdrop of increasing efforts to automate the detection of hate speech or toxicity in user comments. Based on 20 interviews, this paper explores what comment moderators in Germany consider to be hate comments, how they moderate them, and how differences in moderation practices can be explained. Our findings show strong agreement regarding extreme cases of hate comments, whereby there is overlap with the theoretical concept of hate speech, but also forms of incivility. Moreover, the interviews revealed differences in the perception and handling of hate comments, which can be linked to explanatory factors at the levels of the individual, professional routines, and the organization.
dc.identifier.citationPaasch-Colberg, S., & Strippel, C. (2022). “The Boundaries are Blurry…”: How Comment Moderators in Germany See and Respond to Hate Comments. Journalism Studies, 23(2), 224–244. https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2021.2017793
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/1461670x.2021.2017793
dc.identifier.eissn1469-9699
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.weizenbaum-library.de/handle/id/214
dc.language.isoeng
dc.rightsopen access
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectComment moderation
dc.subjectcommunity management
dc.subjecthate speech
dc.subjectincivility
dc.subjectinterviews
dc.subjectsocial media
dc.subjectuser comments
dc.subject.ddc300 Sozialwissenschaften
dc.title“The Boundaries are Blurry…”. How Comment Moderators in Germany See and Respond to Hate Comments
dc.typeArticle
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dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitleJournalism Studies
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pageend244
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pagestart224
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume23
local.researchgroupDigital Citizenship
local.researchtopicDemokratie – Partizipation – Öffentlichkeit
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