The Emergence and Persistence of Online Civic Intervention as a Discourse Norm: A network simulation model
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2021
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Weizenbaum Institute
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Disrespectful, pejorative, and vulgar speech has become a widespread threat to the deliberative potential of today’s online discourses. Yet, while platforms often fail to moderate uncivil content properly, ordinary users increasingly take on responsibility for a functional discourse online. Thus, the present study builds on the concept of online civic intervention (OCI), which is defined as actions taken by users to fight disruptive online behavior. This study follows a dynamic perspective and aims to investigate how OCI emerges, diffuses, and persists as a discourse norm over time.
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Publizistische Medien, Journalismus,Verlagswesen, Soziologie, Anthropologie, incivility, hate speech, counterspeech, Sociology & anthropology, discourse norms, News media, journalism, publishing, Allgemeine Soziologie, Makrosoziologie, spezielle Theorien und Schulen, Entwicklung und Geschichte der Soziologie, Interactive, electronic Media, interaktive, elektronische Medien, General Sociology, Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Sociology, Sociological Theories, Digitale Medien, simulation, Norm, network, Simulation, Internet, Diskurs, discourse, Netzwerk, standard, Internet, hate, Höflichkeit, politeness, Hass, digital media
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Maier, D., Porten-Cheé, P., & Kunst, M. (2021). The Emergence and Persistence of Online Civic Intervention as a Discourse Norm: A network simulation model. Proceedings of the Weizenbaum Conference 2021: Democracy in Flux, 37–38. https://doi.org/10.34669/WI.CP/3.8
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