How Entertainment Journalists Manage Online Hate and Harassment
summary
Nine interviews with entertainment journalists show harassment as an inevitable, escalating risk rooted in GamerGate-era patterns, ranging from insults and slurs to doxing and death threats. Journalists rely on nontechnical coping: muting over blocking to avoid the “badge of honor,” coworkers triaging notifications, legal or newsroom harassment response teams, and therapy. Institutional support is patchy, so the burden stays individual; the paper argues for consistent, equitable external support rather than solely personal defenses.
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chapters (5)
- 0:00Entertainment journalists' harassment study
- 3:16Harassment in entertainment journalism
- 6:22Managing online harassment
- 9:30Collective responsibility in digital safety
- 10:16Summary and future research
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