Online Rejection Influence on Behavior Deviancy and Radicalization: An Agent-Based Model Approach

Haddad, Hanin; Baral, Nisha; Garibay, Iván

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-83418-0_2

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“…Apart from motivating users to participate social status systems can also be exploited or can cause adverse effects on user behavior. Social science and psychology research studies have shown the significant role of social rejection in the process of radicalization and adoption of extreme ideologies [84][85][86]. Similarly, social acceptance by extremist groups might also have radicalizing influence.…”

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Making a Radical Misogynist: How online social engagement with the Manosphere influences traits of radicalization

Habib¹,

Srinivasan²,

Nithyanand³

2022

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The algorithms and the interactions facilitated by online platforms have been used by radical groups to recruit vulnerable individuals to their cause. This has resulted in the sharp growth of violent events and deteriorating online discourse. The Manosphere, a collection of radical anti-feminist communities, is one such group which has attracted attention due to their rapid growth and increasingly violent real world outbursts. In this paper, we examine the social engagements between Reddit users who have participated in feminist discourse and the Manosphere communities on Reddit to understand the process of development of traits associated with the adoption of extremist ideologies. By using existing research on the psychology of radicalization we track how specific types of social engagement with the Manosphere influence the development of traits associated with radicalization. Our findings show that: (1) participation, even by the simple act of joining the Manosphere, has a significant influence on the language and outlook traits of a user, (2) Manosphere elites are extremely effective propagators of radical traits and cause their increase even outside the Manosphere, and (3) community perception can heavily influence a user's behavior. Finally, we examine how our findings can help draft community and platform moderation policies to help mitigate the problem of online radicalization.

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Section: Perceptionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Making a Radical Misogynist: How online social engagement with the Manosphere influences traits of radicalization

Habib¹,

Srinivasan²,

Nithyanand³

2022

Preprint

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An agent-based model of cross-platform information diffusion and moderation

Murdock,

Carley,

Yağan

2024

Soc. Netw. Anal. Min.

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Social media platforms are highly interconnected because many users maintain a presence across multiple platforms. Consequently, efforts to limit the spread of misinformation taken by individual platforms can have complex consequences on misinformation diffusion across the social media ecosystem. This is further complicated by the diverse social structures, platform standards, and moderation mechanisms provided on each platform. We study this issue by extending our previous model of Reddit interactions and community-specific moderation measures. By adding a followership-based model of Twitter interactions and facilitating cross-platform user participation, we simulate information diffusion across heterogeneous social media platforms. While incorporating platform-specific moderation mechanisms, we simulate interactions at the user level and specify user-specific attributes. This allows practitioners to conduct experiments with various types of actors and different combinations of moderation. We show how the model can simulate the impacts of such features on discussions facilitated by Reddit and Twitter and the cross-platform spread of misinformation. To validate this model, we use a combination of empirical datasets from three U.S. political events and prior findings from user surveys and studies.

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Making a Radical Misogynist

Habib

Srinivasan

Nithyanand

2022

Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact.

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The algorithms and the interactions facilitated by online platforms have been used by radical groups to recruit vulnerable individuals to their cause. This has resulted in the sharp growth of violent events and deteriorating online discourse. The Manosphere, a collection of radical anti-feminist communities, is one such group that has attracted attention due to its rapid growth and increasingly violent real-world outbursts. In this paper, we examine the social engagements between Reddit users who have participated in feminist discourse and the Manosphere communities on Reddit to understand the process of development of traits associated with the adoption of extremist ideologies. By using existing research on the psychology of radicalization we track how specific types of social engagement with the Manosphere influence the development of traits associated with radicalization. Our findings show that: (1) participation, even by the simple act of joining the Manosphere, has a significant influence on the language and outlook traits of a user, (2) Manosphere elites are extremely effective propagators of radical traits and cause their increase even outside the Manosphere, and (3) community perception can heavily influence a user's behavior. Finally, we examine how our findings can help draft community and platform moderation policies to help mitigate the problem of online radicalization.

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Online Rejection Influence on Behavior Deviancy and Radicalization: An Agent-Based Model Approach

Cited by 4 publications

References 12 publications

Making a Radical Misogynist: How online social engagement with the Manosphere influences traits of radicalization

Making a Radical Misogynist: How online social engagement with the Manosphere influences traits of radicalization

An agent-based model of cross-platform information diffusion and moderation

Making a Radical Misogynist

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