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Nice thread, linked to a well done website, on susceptibility to fake news.

So excited to see my co-edited volume on emotions in the digital media with Robin Nabi, published by Oxford University Press, out in the world! We have 22 chapters of insight and ideas from some really smart authors. 30% discount with code ASFLYQ6 global.oup.com/academic/produ…

Join Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society's Institute for Rebooting Social Media and Meta’s Oversight Board this Friday for a public discussion examining the impact of the board and other platform accountability models – and what the future of content governance holds. eventbrite.com/e/now-next-pla…

NEWS: We’re at a turning point for technology. That’s why President Barack Obama & The Obama Foundation are headed to our launch event on 10/18 to discuss the moment we’re in & how we can shape the future of the internet to serve the public good. Stay tuned! thelab.cyber.harvard.edu

Why is there so much toxicity and hate online? It may be because people are seeking social approval from their social networks (not that they directly want to harm the target). Cool paper by Julie Jiang Luca Luceri Joe Walther Emilio Ferrara doi.org/10.48550/arXiv…

NEW: The Institute for Rebooting Social Media Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society is accepting applications for its 2024-2025 cohort of Visiting Scholars. Faculty committed to improving the current state of social media are encouraged to apply! Deadline: 01/08/24 Learn more: brk.mn/2425vscall

NOW OPEN: Applications for our 2024-2025 fellowship cohort. BKC is seeking students, scholars, lawyers & technologists for a one-year fellowship engaging the legal, sociological, and political challenges posed by today's internet. Apply by January 22: brk.mn/fellows2425

New in The Conversation U.S., RSM Visiting Scholar Joe Walther writes about the toxic cycle of hateful comments online. "Although seeing hate comments is unquestionably upsetting, new research suggests there’s a different reason people post hate: to get attention and garner social

ICYMI, RSM Visiting Scholar Joe Walther wrote about the cycle of hate online for The Conversation U.S.. "When you look at online hate messages, you start to notice clues that suggest, more often than not, that hatemongers are posting messages to each other." theconversation.com/online-likes-f…

1/2 "Internet a toujours été indissociable des trolls, mais ces derniers peuvent littéralement gâcher la vie de certains utilisateurs. Qu’est-ce qui pousse vraiment ces personnes toxiques à passer à l’action ? (...)" presse-citron.net/cette-etude-re… via Presse-citron

2/2 Online ‘likes’ for toxic social media posts prompt more − and more hateful − messages via Joe Walther ⤵ theconversation.com/online-likes-f…

"Hate speakers are master linguists" Ronald Rice's brilliant talk at Universität München w/ Constanze Rossmann @THanitzsch IfKW Munich Waiting for the book "Social Processes of #Hate" edited by Joe Walther and Ronald Rice to hit the shelves

New pub: “Foundations, Definitions, and Directions in Online Hate Research” by Stephanie Tong -- Dr. Stephanie Tong -- is a comprehensive review of the prevalence of online hate in social media, its content and message characteristics, and its effects on those who experience it, with

“Misogyny and Woman Abuse in the Incelosphere: The Role of Online Incel Male Peer Support” by Walter DeKeseredy--Dr. Walter S. DeKeseredy--describes how incels (involuntarily celibate males) use online community to share invectives against “Stacys” and “Chads”. Applying male peer

Research: “Detecting Anti-Social Norms in Large-Scale Online Discussions” by Drs. Yotam Shmargad, Steve Rains, Kevin Coe, Kate Kenski, & Steven Bethard looks at anti-social commenting on news sites generally and on social network platforms during the J6 attack on the US Capitol.

Graduate alum Chris Cheng Chen and MaggieLiao and Pugh University Professor S. Shyam Sundar join Joe Walther as coauthors of "When an AI Doctor Gets Personal: The Effects of Social and Medical Individuation in Encounters With Human and AI Doctors." journals.sagepub.com/eprint/MCEVR8S…

NEXT WEEK: RSM’s Speaker Series continues on 10/9 with alum Joe Walther + current Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society Fellow Sahana Udupa as they discuss the new edited volume, Social Processes of Online Hate. Learn more + RSVP: rebootingsocialmedia.org/events/social-…

Where does online hate come from? Join RSM Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society on 10/9 to hear Joe Walther and Sahana Udupa discuss the new edited volume, Social Processes of Online Hate. RSVP in-person or on Zoom: rebootingsocialmedia.org/events/social-…

In this period of uncertainty, the University will fund research that is subject to stop-work orders or the federal funding freeze, President Schill and Board of Trustees Chair Peter Barris announced today. ▶️ spr.ly/60152zZAv