A peaceful pyramid? Hierarchy and anonymity in newspaper comment sections

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Autor(a) principal: Gonçalves, João Fernando Ferreira
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://hdl.handle.net/1822/40279
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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spelling A peaceful pyramid? Hierarchy and anonymity in newspaper comment sectionsComment sectionsParticipationOnline aggressionAnonymityCiências Sociais::Ciências da ComunicaçãoSeveral 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.(undefined)Observatório da Comunicação (OberCom)Universidade do MinhoGonçalves, João Fernando Ferreira20152015-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1822/40279eng1646-5954http://obs.obercom.pt/index.php/obs/article/view/910info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-21T12:36:55Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/40279Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T19:33:07.035416Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv A peaceful pyramid? Hierarchy and anonymity in newspaper comment sections
title A peaceful pyramid? Hierarchy and anonymity in newspaper comment sections
spellingShingle A peaceful pyramid? Hierarchy and anonymity in newspaper comment sections
Gonçalves, João Fernando Ferreira
Comment sections
Participation
Online aggression
Anonymity
Ciências Sociais::Ciências da Comunicação
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 Fernando Ferreira
author_facet Gonçalves, João Fernando Ferreira
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade do Minho
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Gonçalves, João Fernando Ferreira
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Comment sections
Participation
Online aggression
Anonymity
Ciências Sociais::Ciências da Comunicação
topic Comment sections
Participation
Online aggression
Anonymity
Ciências Sociais::Ciências da Comunicação
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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