TY - JOUR
T1 - Unraveling the Digital Threat
T2 - Exploring the Impact of Online Harassment on South Korean Journalists’ Professional Roles
AU - Yeon Lee, Na
AU - Park, Ahran
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 AEJMC.
PY - 2024/6
Y1 - 2024/6
N2 - This research examines whether and to what extent journalists are harassed online and the effects of online harassment on their professional roles. The study classifies online harassment against journalists into five types: insults, threats, privacy intrusion, sexual assault, and cyber-hacking. The findings reveal a positive correlation between online harassment and various adverse outcomes for journalists, including increased self-censorship, reduced public engagement, and heightened skepticism toward journalism. With regard to a specific type of online harassment, journalists’ gender plays a role as a moderator: The relationship between insults and self-censorship, disengagement with the public, and skepticism toward journalism was found to be stronger for women journalists than men journalists.
AB - This research examines whether and to what extent journalists are harassed online and the effects of online harassment on their professional roles. The study classifies online harassment against journalists into five types: insults, threats, privacy intrusion, sexual assault, and cyber-hacking. The findings reveal a positive correlation between online harassment and various adverse outcomes for journalists, including increased self-censorship, reduced public engagement, and heightened skepticism toward journalism. With regard to a specific type of online harassment, journalists’ gender plays a role as a moderator: The relationship between insults and self-censorship, disengagement with the public, and skepticism toward journalism was found to be stronger for women journalists than men journalists.
KW - disengagement with the public
KW - gender difference
KW - online harassment
KW - self-censorship
KW - skepticism toward journalism
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U2 - 10.1177/10776990231217448
DO - 10.1177/10776990231217448
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85181509962
SN - 1077-6990
VL - 101
SP - 529
EP - 551
JO - Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly
JF - Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly
IS - 2
ER -