"Covering a wide range of different online platforms, including social media sites and chatrooms, this volume is a comprehensive exploration of the current state of sociological and criminological scholarship focused on online deviance. Understanding deviance broadly, the handbook acknowledges both
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an objective normative approach and a subjective, reactivist approach to the topic, putting into sharp relief the distinctions between cybercrime and online deviance on the one hand, and wider concerns of online communities related to online deviance on the other. Divided into five sections, the first section is devoted primarily to scholarship about the theories and methods foundational to exploring online deviance. The second section, "Gender, Sex, and Sexuality", presents empirical research on expressions of gender, sex, and sexuality in online spaces considered deviant. The third section, "Violence and Aggression," highlights scholarship on types of violent communications such as hate speech and cyberstalking. The fourth section, "Communities and Culture," describes empirical research on online communities and networks that can be described as deviant by wider society. Lastly, the fifth section, "Regional Perspectives," highlights research in which a terrestrial location is impactful to the online phenomena studied." (Publisher description)
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"In the neoliberal media autocracy of Turkey, mass media are propaganda tools rather than the public watchdogs. The coup attempt in 2016 gave the government additional power to institutionalise this regime. Critical journalists have become the enemies of the state and suffered from threats from vari
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ous sources. This attack on critical journalism is increasing alongside the deepening of the democracy crises, positioning journalists as victims. This study argues that bridging the fields of journalism safety and victimology would benefit journalists. Therefore, a critical analysis of reports on journalism safety, opponent journalists' social media posts, and related news was performed in order to discuss the possibility and advantages of bridging this gap to help journalists deal with victimisation. The findings demonstrate the acceptance of journalists as a new subject for victims' rights might activate new mechanisms of protection for them. This means searching for new rights can contribute to their physical, mental, and moral recovery." (Abstract)
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"This book illuminates the personal experience of being at the centre of a media scandal. The existential level of that experience is highlighted by means of the application of ethnological and phenomenological perspectives to extensive empirical material drawn from a Swedish context. The questions
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raised and answered in this book include the following: How does the experience of being the protagonist in a media scandal affect a person's everyday life? What happens to routines, trust, and self-confidence? How does it change the basic settings of his or her lifeworld? The analysis also contributes new perspectives on the fusion between interpersonal communication that takes place face to face, such as gossip and rumours, and traditional news media in the course of a scandal. A scandal derives its momentum from the audiences, whose engagement in the moral story determines its dissemination and duration. The nature of that engagement also affects the protagonist in specific ways. Members of the public participate through traditional oral communication, one vital aspect of which is activity in digital, social forums. The author argues that gossip and rumour must be included in the idea of the media system if we are to be able to understand the formation and power of a media scandal, a contention which entails critiques of earlier research. Oral interpersonal communication does not disappear when new communication possibilities arise. Indeed, it may be invigorated by them. The term news legend is introduced, to capture the entanglement between traditional news-media storytelling and oral narrative." (Publisher description)
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"In der modernen Mediengesellschaft können mit gezielt gestreuten Gerüchten, aufgebauschten Nebensächlichkeiten oder falschen Tatsachenbehauptungen das Ansehen und eines Menschen schnell beschädigt oder gar zerstört werden. Oft erfolgen massive Eingriffe in die Privatsphäre. Zeitungs- oder Fer
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nseh-Kampagnen betreffen nicht nur Prominente, sondern auch zufällig Beteiligte bei Katastrophen oder Entführungen. Sie werden zu Opfern sensationslüsterner Darstellung – teilweise mit schweren psychischen Folgen. 20 Autoren zeigen an exemplarischen Beispielen, welche Mechanismen im Hintergrund wirken, wo die Gefahren lauern und wie man sich gegebenenfalls wehren kann. Die ausgewiesenen Medienjournalisten und Presserechtsexperten plädieren für eine neue Medienkultur im Umgang mit der persönlichen Integrität und unterbreiten konkrete Vorschläge." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"Viele Menschen genießen es, im Rampenlicht zu stehen und die Aufmerksamkeit der Medien auf sich zu ziehen. Manchmal macht Öffentlichkeit aber auch krank: Dann spricht man vom sog. Medienopfersyndrom, das sich u.a. in Angstzuständen, Selbstwertverlust, Hilflosigkeit, Isolation oder Fluchtfantasie
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n äußert. Der Autor beschreibt, wann Menschen zum Opfer der Medien werden können: z.B. bei medialem Pranger, Überwachung, Stigmatisierung oder Gerüchtebildung. Er analysiert die Verletzungsmechanismen der Medien und arbeitet zehn Kategorien von Medienopfern heraus: Mag im einen Fall die ständige Ignorierung (z.B. bei einer politischen Wahl) schaden, so kann im anderen die ständige Überwachung (z.B. eines Prominenten durch Paparazzi) krank machen. Gezeigt wird außerdem, wie man sich gegen Medienaggressivität schützt und wie Psychotherapie Medienopfern helfen kann. Anschauliche Fallbeispiele aus der eigenen Praxis, dem öffentlichen Leben und ein Vorschlag für medienethische Richtlinien runden das Buch ab." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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