The Moral Gatekeeper? Moderation and Deletion of User-Generated Content in a Leading News Forum
Participatory formats in online journalism offer increased options for user comments to reach a mass audience, also enabling the spreading of incivility. As a result, journalists feel the need to moderate offensive user comments in order to prevent the derailment of discussion threads. However, litt...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Cogitatio
2018-11-01
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Series: | Media and Communication |
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Online Access: | https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/1493 |