Abstract
Apesar das esperanças depositadas nos potenciais benefícios de uma maior aproximação entre jornalistas e audiências no espaço digital, a possibilidade de as audiências comentarem ou acederem facilmente aos/às jornalistas tornou-se um problema reconhecido. O assédio e os ataques em linha a estes/as profissionais, mais visíveis com o crescimento da extrema-direita, tornaram-se problemas relevantes que têm também dimensões de género. A partir de um estudo tridimensional que incluiu o mapeamento de uma amostra de comentários a notícias, um inquérito a jornalistas e um conjunto de entrevistas em profundidade a mulheres jornalistas, esta investigação procura analisar a situação em Portugal. Os resultados confirmam a presença de discurso abusivo nos comentários a notícias, a perceção pelos/as jornalistas de que o ambiente digital veio agravar a hostilidade contra a imprensa, a falta de confiança nos mecanismos de proteção e como aspetos como o género são relevantes no assédio online.
Despite the potential benefits of closer relationships between journalists and audiences in the digital environment, the audiences’ possibility to comment or easily
contact journalists also became a problem. Online attacks and harassment of these professionals, more visible with the increase of the far-right, are relevant problems that include gender dimensions. Based on a tridimensional study that included mapping of a sample of news comments, a survey of journalists and a set of in-depth interviews with women journalists, this research seeks to analyse the situation in Portugal. The
results confirm the presence of abusive discourse on news comments, the perception of the journalists that the digital environment has increased hostility against the press, a lack of confidence in the protection mechanisms, and that aspects such as
gender are relevant on online harassment.
Despite the potential benefits of closer relationships between journalists and audiences in the digital environment, the audiences’ possibility to comment or easily
contact journalists also became a problem. Online attacks and harassment of these professionals, more visible with the increase of the far-right, are relevant problems that include gender dimensions. Based on a tridimensional study that included mapping of a sample of news comments, a survey of journalists and a set of in-depth interviews with women journalists, this research seeks to analyse the situation in Portugal. The
results confirm the presence of abusive discourse on news comments, the perception of the journalists that the digital environment has increased hostility against the press, a lack of confidence in the protection mechanisms, and that aspects such as
gender are relevant on online harassment.
Translated title of the contribution | Online harassment and hostility against journalists: experiential and gender dimensions |
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Original language | Portuguese |
Pages (from-to) | 83-102 |
Number of pages | 20 |
Journal | Media and Jornalismo |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 41 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2022 |
Keywords
- Assédio online
- Jornalistas
- Hostilidade contra a imprensa
- Género
- Online harassment
- Journalists
- Hostility against the press
- Gender