{"id":22151,"date":"2023-11-09T01:02:57","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T01:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/beta\/?p=22151"},"modified":"2024-12-11T00:46:02","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T00:46:02","slug":"what-can-researchers-and-research-communicators-do-to-address-online-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/beta\/2023\/11\/09\/what-can-researchers-and-research-communicators-do-to-address-online-abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"What Can Researchers and Research Communicators Do to Address Online Abuse?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.ca\/r\/G8RCTS3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/What-can-researchers-do-Email-Header.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/What-can-researchers-do-Email-Header.png 600w, https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/What-can-researchers-do-Email-Header-300x100.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p>The event is over, but you can watch it on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PWBpcrt2APY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube channel<\/a> or via the embedded video below. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/arrow_down-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22208\" style=\"width:48px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/arrow_down-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/arrow_down.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"PWBpcrt2APY\"><blockquote class=\"embedly-card\" data-card-controls=\"1\" data-card-align=\"center\" data-card-theme=\"light\"><h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PWBpcrt2APY\">What Can Researchers and Research Communicators Do to Address Online Abuse?<\/a><\/h4><p>Researchers and research communicators can face hostility, abuse, and even threats when they try to reach audiences online. Encounters with anti-social online behavior have become more frequent since the pandemic began, and have prompted many individuals and organizations to wonder what can be done. This 90-minute workshop is for researchers and research communicators.<\/p><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/cdn.embedly.com\/widgets\/platform.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-regular-font-size\">Researchers and research communicators can face hostility, abuse, and even threats when they try to reach audiences online. Encounters with anti-social online behavior have become more frequent since the pandemic began, and have prompted many individuals and organizations to wonder what can be done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-regular-font-size\">This 90-minute workshop on Zoom is for researchers and research communicators. Participants will have the opportunity to share their concerns and experiences when working in an environment increasingly characterized by trolling, abuse, harassment and misinformation. We will discuss techniques and tools to reduce or respond to anti-social behavior, and support mechanisms for individuals who must deal with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-regular-font-size\">The workshop will be led by four experts whose work has focused on these issues:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-regular-font-size\">Anatoliy Gruzd, Canada Research Chair in Privacy Preserving Digital Technologies, Toronto Metropolitan University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-regular-font-size\">Jaigris Hodson, Canada Research Chair in Digital Communication for the Public Interest, Royal Roads University.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-regular-font-size\">Chris Tenove, Interim Director in the Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions, University of British Columbia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-regular-font-size\">Victoria O\u2019Meara, PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher and co-Founder of the Digital Public Interest Collective<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The event is over, but you can watch it on our YouTube channel or via the embedded video below. Researchers and research communicators can face hostility, abuse, and even threats when they try to reach audiences online. 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