论文标题
辩护，美德和硫酸：在19日大流行期间对英国国会议员的在线参与和滥用的研究
Vindication, Virtue and Vitriol: A study of online engagement and abuse toward British MPs during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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论文摘要
Covid-19已在网上引起了恶意内容，包括在线虐待和对英国国会议员的仇恨。为了理解和背景虐待国会议员所接受的水平，我们考虑部长如何使用社交媒体来交流危机以及这产生的公民参与。本文的重点是从2月初至2020年5月下旬大流行期间对英国政客的大规模，混合方法研究。我们发现，诸如财务问题之类的紧迫主题会引起高水平的参与，但不一定是虐待对话。相反，批评当局似乎吸引了更高水平的虐待。特别是，那些为种族主义和不平等之类的主题携带火焰的人可能被指控发出美德信号，或者由于其角色所要求的主题而受到更高的虐待水平。这项工作有助于在线对滥用语言的更广泛理解，特别是针对公职人员。
COVID-19 has given rise to malicious content online, including online abuse and hate toward British MPs. In order to understand and contextualise the level of abuse MPs receive, we consider how ministers use social media to communicate about the crisis, and the citizen engagement that this generates. The focus of the paper is on a large-scale, mixed methods study of abusive and antagonistic responses to UK politicians during the pandemic from early February to late May 2020. We find that pressing subjects such as financial concerns attract high levels of engagement, but not necessarily abusive dialogue. Rather, criticising authorities appears to attract higher levels of abuse. In particular, those who carry the flame for subjects like racism and inequality, may be accused of virtue signalling or receive higher abuse levels due to the topics they are required by their role to address. This work contributes to the wider understanding of abusive language online, in particular that which is directed at public officials.
