Association between online harassment and exposure to harmful online content: A cross-national comparison between the United States and Finland

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Highlights:

• Cross-national survey study on the association between online harassment and exposure to harmful online content.

• Being a victim of online harassment has a statistically significant association with exposure to harmful online content.

• In particular, viewing websites relating to eating disorders and how to be thin were significant in both US and Finland.

• Existing offline societal differences appear to be diminishing in the online context.

摘要

•Cross-national survey study on the association between online harassment and exposure to harmful online content.•Being a victim of online harassment has a statistically significant association with exposure to harmful online content.•In particular, viewing websites relating to eating disorders and how to be thin were significant in both US and Finland.•Existing offline societal differences appear to be diminishing in the online context.

论文关键词:Internet,Cross-national comparison,Survey,Online behavior,US,Finland

论文评审过程:Available online 3 October 2014.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.09.019