Mob Censorship: Online Harassment of US Journalists in Times of Digital Hate and Populism
Mob Censorship: Online Harassment of US Journalists in Times of Digital Hate and Populism
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暴民审查：数字仇恨和民粹主义时代对美国记者的在线骚扰
作者：
S. Waisbord
在全球范围内，针对记者的网络攻击越来越多。女性、少数族裔记者和报道与右翼身份主播交织的问题的记者一直是主要目标。这一趋势反映了民粹主义领导人将记者和媒体妖魔化的暴民审查形式日益增多。根据美国最近的案例，我将暴民审查定义为自下而上的、旨在约束新闻业的公民自发行为。鉴于数字仇恨言论的普遍存在，以及传统方法对民主沟通所带来的问题的局限性，很难做出有效的回应。
Abstract Rising numbers of online attacks against journalists have been documented globally. Female, minority reporters and journalists who cover issues interwoven with right-wing identity anchors have been primary targets. This trend reflects growing forms of mob censorship linked to the demonization of journalists and the press by populist leaders. Based on recent cases in the United States, I define mob censorship as bottom-up, citizen vigilantism aimed at disciplining journalism. Effective responses are hard to come by given the pervasiveness of digital hate speech and the limitations of traditional approaches to the problems it represents for democratic communication.