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DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a talk from the second of our Faculty recrui
 tment candidates. \n\n \n\nGoverning the internet: The labour of moderatin
 g r/AskHistorians\n\nOnline communities provide spaces to discuss topics o
 f interest\, share and learn new information\, and support the development
  of close\, personal relationships. However\, they also enable the propaga
 tion of anti-social behaviours\, like trolling\, harassment\, and spreadin
 g disinformation and bigotry. Information and community governance serve t
 o combat these problems\, and at the community level\, this is often condu
 cted by volunteer moderators. Despite their important role in online commu
 nities\, little is known about the work conducted by volunteer moderators\
 , how this work is impacted by platform design and culture\, and the broad
 er impact of this work on communities. In this talk\, I discuss the labour
  of volunteer moderation through a case study of the Reddit-based communit
 y\, r/ AskHistorians and show how community governance can be leveraged to
  make online spaces healthier. Due to its unique rules and norms\, r/AskHi
 storians provides an interesting opportunity to explore the impact of mode
 ration work. While r/AskHistorians provides users with opportunities to le
 arn about history\, it’s location on Reddit presents challenges for the co
 mmunity’s volunteer moderators. Reddit's default masculine white demograph
 ic\, and visible moderation practices that are interpreted as censorship\,
  mean that r/AskHistorians is a focal point of disruptive behavior\, stemm
 ing from a gap in empathy between users and moderators\, and between users
  and historical subjects. Nonetheless\, by leveraging a volunteer governan
 ce structure informed by trust in academic processes\, r/AskHistorians mod
 erators have carved out a space on Reddit where their rules and governance
  provide learning opportunities for users that close empathy gaps and teac
 h historical practices. More broadly\, my work shows that governance pract
 ices\, such as those enacted by r/AskHistorians moderators\, can serve as 
 a model for combating problems faced by online communities\, such as disin
 formation and bigotry\, and demonstrates positive impacts of community gov
 ernance. This talk contains references to hate speech\, violent speech\, a
 nd sexual violence\n
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LOCATION:Peel 3661\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1X1\, 3661 rue Peel
SUMMARY:SIS Talk Sarah Ann Gilbert
URL:/sis/channels/event/sis-talk-sarah-ann-gilbert-320
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