We Should Not Get Rid of Incivility Online

Incivility and toxicity have become concepts du jour in research about social media. The clear normative implication in much of this research is that incivility is bad and should be eliminated. Extensive research—including some that we’ve authored—has been dedicated to finding ways to reduce or elim...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gina Masullo Chen, Ashley Muddiman, Tamar Wilner, Eli Pariser, Natalie Jomini Stroud
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2019-07-01
Series:Social Media + Society
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305119862641