Preventing Harmful Behaviour in Online Communities

Preventing Harmful Behaviour in Online Communities explores the ethics and logistics of censoring problematic communications online that might encourage a person to engage in harmful behaviour.

Auteur

Zoe Alderton is a lecturer in the School of Economics at the University of Sydney where she teaches rhetoric and argumentation across disciplines. Her research spans across digital communications, religion, and museum studies.

Contenu

Section 1: Contagions and Clusters 1.1 Untangling Dangerous, Infectious Behaviour 1.2 Clusters and Contagious Behaviour in Non-Suicidal Harmful Activities 1.3 Echoing Self-Harmful Contagions from Fiction Section 2: Harmful Ideas Online 2.1 An Overview of Echoing Self-Harmful Behaviours and the Internet 2.2 Further Behavioural Observations in Pro-Ana Communities Section 3: Exploring Censorship 3.1 The Ethics and Logistics of Censorship to Address Echoing Self-Harmful Behaviour 3.2 Censorship Alternatives