Flaming on YouTube

The lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community online: discussions of bullying and self-disclosure in YouTube videos

“…Flaming has been found to be commonplace on YouTube (Moor, Heuvelman and Verleur 2010). Whilst in the majority of cases actions perceived as "flaming" seem to be intended to express disagreement or an opinion, in some cases the actions were made to intentionally offend others.…”

A violência verbal em comentários eletrônicos: um estudo discursivo-interacional

“…Também merece investigação o exame de contextos específi cos em que o fenômeno sugere comportamento normativo, ou seja, em que o fl aming é usado como forma de marcar identidade, ou pertencimento a grupo (Moor et al 2010). Para tanto, será necessário coligir corpora distintos, com características específi cas, como jogos virtuais, comentários no YouTube (Lehti et al 2016), dentre outros.…”

Is Aggression Contagious Online? A Case of Swearing on Donald Trumps Campaign Videos on YouTube

“…First, interpersonal swearing refers to a designative use of taboo-words, targeting specific individuals who involve in the social interactions. Unless communicators share mutual consent that swearing be an acceptable norm for their interactions [19,20], swearing can promote interpersonal attacks or inflammatory behaviors [13]. In particular, Alonzo and Aiken [20] point out profanity as a prominent characteristic of Internet flaming and trolling.…”

“…While swearing as an emotional speech act may sometimes induce the feeling of liberation, the impact of swearing on political discursive culture online can be agonistic for two reasons. First, online swearing often occurs without contemplation whether or not other users would perceive it as acceptable [10,13]. Second, it is unclear whether the effect of swearing on mediated discursive culture is transitory or more indelible.…”