{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4396218381","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3641015","title":"Stoking the Flames: Understanding Escalation in an Online Harassment Community","display_name":"Stoking the Flames: Understanding Escalation in an Online Harassment Community","publication_year":2024,"publication_date":"2024-04-17","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4396218381","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3641015"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/3641015","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3641015","pdf_url":"https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3641015","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210183893","display_name":"Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction","issn_l":"2573-0142","issn":["2573-0142"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319798","host_organization_name":"Association for Computing Machinery","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319798"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Association for Computing Machinery"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-nc","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"hybrid","oa_url":"https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3641015","any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5025633587","display_name":"Kejsi Take","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1915-1834"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I57206974","display_name":"New York University","ror":"https://ror.org/0190ak572","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I57206974"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Kejsi Take","raw_affiliation_strings":["New York University, Brooklyn, NY, USA"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1915-1834","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"New York University, Brooklyn, NY, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I57206974"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5081929749","display_name":"Victoria Zhong","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9300-3005"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I57206974","display_name":"New York University","ror":"https://ror.org/0190ak572","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I57206974"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Victoria Zhong","raw_affiliation_strings":["New York University, Brooklyn, NY, USA"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9300-3005","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"New York University, Brooklyn, NY, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I57206974"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5095927409","display_name":"Chris Geeng","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6813-2302"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I57206974","display_name":"New York University","ror":"https://ror.org/0190ak572","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I57206974"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Chris Geeng","raw_affiliation_strings":["New York University, Brooklyn, NY, USA"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6813-2302","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"New York University, Brooklyn, NY, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I57206974"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5005705160","display_name":"Emmi Bevensee","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6466-0882"},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Emmi Bevensee","raw_affiliation_strings":["Open Measures, New York, NY, USA"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6466-0882","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Open Measures, New York, NY, USA","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5037313918","display_name":"Damon McCoy","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7386-7260"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I57206974","display_name":"New York University","ror":"https://ror.org/0190ak572","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I57206974"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Damon McCoy","raw_affiliation_strings":["New York University, Brooklyn, NY, USA"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7386-7260","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"New York University, Brooklyn, NY, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I57206974"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5005882490","display_name":"Rachel Greenstadt","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1831-1785"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I57206974","display_name":"New York University","ror":"https://ror.org/0190ak572","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I57206974"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Rachel Greenstadt","raw_affiliation_strings":["New York University, Brooklyn, NY, USA"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1831-1785","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"New York University, Brooklyn, NY, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I57206974"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":6,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5025633587"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I57206974"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.6623,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":2,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.72680434,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":98,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"8","issue":"CSCW1","first_page":"1","last_page":"23"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12262","display_name":"Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection","score":0.9965000152587891,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12262","display_name":"Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection","score":0.9965000152587891,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10557","display_name":"Social Media and Politics","score":0.9959999918937683,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3315","display_name":"Communication"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10485","display_name":"Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression","score":0.9873999953269958,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3207","display_name":"Social Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/narrative","display_name":"Narrative","score":0.8663910627365112},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/harassment","display_name":"Harassment","score":0.7871416211128235},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/psychological-intervention","display_name":"Psychological intervention","score":0.5063697099685669},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/set","display_name":"Set (abstract data type)","score":0.46468615531921387},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/public-relations","display_name":"Public relations","score":0.4605499804019928},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/key","display_name":"Key (lock)","score":0.44842320680618286},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/harm","display_name":"Harm","score":0.43320903182029724},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/online-community","display_name":"Online community","score":0.4279648959636688},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/internet-privacy","display_name":"Internet privacy","score":0.4134017825126648},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-security","display_name":"Computer security","score":0.39639511704444885},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/political-science","display_name":"Political science","score":0.37047314643859863},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.3552839159965515},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/psychology","display_name":"Psychology","score":0.35316914319992065},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/social-psychology","display_name":"Social psychology","score":0.3274805545806885},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/world-wide-web","display_name":"World Wide Web","score":0.21876230835914612},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/linguistics","display_name":"Linguistics","score":0.10161030292510986}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199033989","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1318295","display_name":"Narrative","level":2,"score":0.8663910627365112},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778976716","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3240539","display_name":"Harassment","level":2,"score":0.7871416211128235},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C27415008","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7256382","display_name":"Psychological intervention","level":2,"score":0.5063697099685669},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C177264268","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1514741","display_name":"Set (abstract data type)","level":2,"score":0.46468615531921387},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39549134","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133080","display_name":"Public relations","level":1,"score":0.4605499804019928},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C26517878","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q228039","display_name":"Key (lock)","level":2,"score":0.44842320680618286},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777363581","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15098235","display_name":"Harm","level":2,"score":0.43320903182029724},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778165684","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6576792","display_name":"Online community","level":2,"score":0.4279648959636688},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C108827166","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q175975","display_name":"Internet privacy","level":1,"score":0.4134017825126648},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C38652104","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3510521","display_name":"Computer security","level":1,"score":0.39639511704444885},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.37047314643859863},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.3552839159965515},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.35316914319992065},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77805123","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161272","display_name":"Social psychology","level":1,"score":0.3274805545806885},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136764020","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466","display_name":"World Wide Web","level":1,"score":0.21876230835914612},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41895202","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8162","display_name":"Linguistics","level":1,"score":0.10161030292510986},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C118552586","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7867","display_name":"Psychiatry","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/3641015","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3641015","pdf_url":"https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3641015","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210183893","display_name":"Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction","issn_l":"2573-0142","issn":["2573-0142"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319798","host_organization_name":"Association for Computing Machinery","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319798"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Association for Computing Machinery"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-nc","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/3641015","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3641015","pdf_url":"https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3641015","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210183893","display_name":"Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction","issn_l":"2573-0142","issn":["2573-0142"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319798","host_organization_name":"Association for Computing Machinery","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319798"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Association for Computing Machinery"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-nc","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Peace, Justice and strong institutions","score":0.7799999713897705,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/16"}],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G5582065179","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"2016061","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320323817","funder_display_name":"Universitas Brawijaya"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320323817","display_name":"Universitas Brawijaya","ror":"https://ror.org/01wk3d929"}],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W4396218381.pdf"},"referenced_works_count":40,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W34757549","https://openalex.org/W180076453","https://openalex.org/W1500287723","https://openalex.org/W1594207996","https://openalex.org/W2001442493","https://openalex.org/W2018933883","https://openalex.org/W2021101792","https://openalex.org/W2094910763","https://openalex.org/W2147747631","https://openalex.org/W2164244904","https://openalex.org/W2399480376","https://openalex.org/W2588107045","https://openalex.org/W2596413131","https://openalex.org/W2744332631","https://openalex.org/W2768764216","https://openalex.org/W2774215862","https://openalex.org/W2775336929","https://openalex.org/W2810997908","https://openalex.org/W2909804508","https://openalex.org/W2911428659","https://openalex.org/W2955155080","https://openalex.org/W2989050900","https://openalex.org/W2989158073","https://openalex.org/W3017863658","https://openalex.org/W3040472729","https://openalex.org/W3128532795","https://openalex.org/W3163763835","https://openalex.org/W3168421002","https://openalex.org/W3209154275","https://openalex.org/W4220897370","https://openalex.org/W4225094305","https://openalex.org/W4226254605","https://openalex.org/W4232488826","https://openalex.org/W4251434917","https://openalex.org/W4252110927","https://openalex.org/W4286255301","https://openalex.org/W4309619914","https://openalex.org/W4321276732","https://openalex.org/W6702248584","https://openalex.org/W6787748480"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2530773950","https://openalex.org/W2042870779","https://openalex.org/W4250048047","https://openalex.org/W2025749788","https://openalex.org/W2502903008","https://openalex.org/W2766055629","https://openalex.org/W2059786516","https://openalex.org/W4280517200","https://openalex.org/W2384634387","https://openalex.org/W2015049072"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Online":[0],"harassment":[1,39,46,153,214],"remains":[2],"a":[3,36,84,94,157,207],"prevalent":[4],"problem":[5],"for":[6],"internet":[7],"users.":[8],"Its":[9],"impact":[10],"is":[11,83,119],"made":[12],"orders":[13],"of":[14,30,49,63,87,110,124,138,152,167,209],"magnitude":[15],"worse":[16],"when":[17],"multiple":[18],"harassers":[19],"coordinate":[20],"to":[21,102,121,143,192,203],"conduct":[22],"networked":[23,44],"attacks.":[24],"This":[25,117],"paper":[26],"presents":[27],"an":[28],"analysis":[29,166],"231":[31],"threads":[32],"in":[33,73,78,97,105,114],"Kiwi":[34],"Farms,":[35],"notorious":[37],"online":[38,45,218],"community.":[40],"We":[41,176,197],"find":[42,177],"that":[43,68,129,154,178,211],"campaigns":[47],"consists":[48,62],"three":[50,89],"phases:":[51],"target":[52],"introduction,":[53],"network":[54,57,92],"decision,":[55],"and":[56,76,147,187,201,216],"response.":[58],"The":[59,91],"first":[60],"stage":[61,74,79],"the":[64,103,111,136,144,150,185,195],"initial":[65],"narrative":[66,98,104,134,146],"elements,":[67],"are":[69,182,188],"approved":[70],"or":[71],"not":[72],"two":[75,131],"expanded":[77],"three.":[80],"Narrative":[81,126],"building":[82],"common":[85],"element":[86],"all":[88],"stages.":[90],"plays":[93],"key":[95],"role":[96],"building,":[99],"adding":[100,140],"elements":[101,191],"at":[106],"least":[107],"80":[108],"%":[109],"threads,":[112,171],"resulting":[113],"sustained":[115],"harassment.":[116],"finding":[118],"central":[120],"our":[122,165,199],"model":[123],"Continuous":[125],"Escalation":[127],"(CNE),":[128],"has":[130],"parts:":[132],"(1)":[133],"continuation,":[135],"action":[137],"repeatedly":[139],"new":[141],"information":[142],"existing":[145],"(2)":[148],"escalation,":[149],"aggravation":[151],"occurs":[155],"as":[156,190],"consequence.":[158],"In":[159],"addition,":[160],"we":[161],"present":[162],"insights":[163],"from":[164],"100":[168],"takedown":[169,180],"requests":[170,181],"discussing":[172],"received":[173],"abuse":[174],"reports.":[175],"these":[179],"misused":[183],"by":[184],"community":[186],"used":[189],"further":[193],"fuel":[194],"narrative.":[196],"use":[198],"findings":[200],"framework":[202],"come":[204],"up":[205],"with":[206],"set":[208],"recommendations,":[210],"can":[212],"inform":[213],"interventions":[215],"make":[217],"spaces":[219],"safer.":[220]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2025-11-06T06:51:31.235846","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}