A peaceful pyramid? Hierarchy and anonymity in newspaper comment sections

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Autor(a) principal: Gonçalves,João
Data de Publicação: 2015
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1646-59542015000500001
Resumo: Several studies have linked deindividuation to an increase in aggression and incivility. This paper seeks to ascertain the influence of anonymity and hierarchy in online aggression by comparing two different newspaper comment sections: one with a hierarchical system and the other with an equalitarian setting. This study distinguishes itself form previous works by analyzing systems where identification is optional and where identified and anonymous users coexist. The hierarchical solution might be relevant to dissuade aggression when optional identifiability is seen as an essential asset. Results show that a hierarchical system provides some improvements in terms of civility and comment moderation, but that poor implementation of the hierarchy causes perversions in the system and affects its effectiveness.
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title A peaceful pyramid? Hierarchy and anonymity in newspaper comment sections
spellingShingle A peaceful pyramid? Hierarchy and anonymity in newspaper comment sections
Gonçalves,João
Comment Sections
Participation
Online Aggression
Anonymity
title_short A peaceful pyramid? Hierarchy and anonymity in newspaper comment sections
title_full A peaceful pyramid? Hierarchy and anonymity in newspaper comment sections
title_fullStr A peaceful pyramid? Hierarchy and anonymity in newspaper comment sections
title_full_unstemmed A peaceful pyramid? Hierarchy and anonymity in newspaper comment sections
title_sort A peaceful pyramid? Hierarchy and anonymity in newspaper comment sections
author Gonçalves,João
author_facet Gonçalves,João
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Gonçalves,João
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Comment Sections
Participation
Online Aggression
Anonymity
topic Comment Sections
Participation
Online Aggression
Anonymity
description Several studies have linked deindividuation to an increase in aggression and incivility. This paper seeks to ascertain the influence of anonymity and hierarchy in online aggression by comparing two different newspaper comment sections: one with a hierarchical system and the other with an equalitarian setting. This study distinguishes itself form previous works by analyzing systems where identification is optional and where identified and anonymous users coexist. The hierarchical solution might be relevant to dissuade aggression when optional identifiability is seen as an essential asset. Results show that a hierarchical system provides some improvements in terms of civility and comment moderation, but that poor implementation of the hierarchy causes perversions in the system and affects its effectiveness.
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