Presentations

Bührer, S., Koban, K., & Matthes, J. (2025, June). When digital hate perpetrators feel threatened & victimized: Moral disengagement mechanisms in immigration-related online incivility and intolerance in Europe. Presentation to the Communication and Technology Division at the 75th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), June 12-16, Denver, CO, USA.
Bührer, S., Koban, K., Hirsch, M., & Matthes, J. (2025, June). Approval mechanisms fueling digital hate perpetration: A four-country moderated mediation model of incivility and intolerance. Presentation to the Political Communication Division at the 75th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), June 12-16, Denver, CO, USA.
Khaleghipour, M., Koban, K., & Matthes, J. (2025, June). It hurts, and we stand alone: A qualitative study on digital hate targeting scholars. Presentation to the Communication and Technology Division at the 75th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), June 12-16, Denver, CO, USA.
Kirchmair, T., Koban, K., & Matthes, J. (2025, June). Annotation in action: experimental perspectives on perceiving and labeling digital hate across four countries. Presentation to Information System Division at the 75th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), June 12-16, Denver, CO, USA.
Koban, K., & Saumer, M. (2025, June). "What are you looking at?!?" An eye-tracking experiment on anti-LGBTQIA+ online hostility under prototypical mobile information consumption conditions. Presentation to the Mobile Communication Division at the 75th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), June 12-16, Denver, CO, USA.
Matthes, J., Nguyen, G., Koban, K., Meerson, R., Khaleghipour, M., Garner, D., Bührer, S., & Kirchmair, T. (2025, June). Discoursive consequences of social media hostility: Chilling effects, avoidance, and intervention behaviors of emerging adults in the U.S. and Indonesia. Presentation to the Interpersonal Communication Division at the 75th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), June 12-16, Denver, CO, USA.
Meerson, R., Koban, K., Hirsch, M., & Matthes, J. (2025, June). From awareness to action: A four-country study on what enables social media users to counter digital hate. Presentation to the Interpersonal Communication Division at the 75th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), June 12-16, Denver, CO, USA.
Meerson, R., Koban, K., & Matthes, J. (2025, June). Head over heart? Cross-national evidence on how social norms spark action against digital hate despite emotional desensitization. Presentation to the Communication and Technology Division at the 75th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), June 12-16, Denver, CO, USA.
Saumer, M., Koban, K., & Matthes, J. (2025, June). Fantastic bystanders and where to find them: Do emotions fuel (in)direct interventions when bystanders face online anti-LGBTQIA+ hostility? Presentation to Information System Division at the 75th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), June 12-16, Denver, CO, USA.
Weiss, P., Koban, K., & Matthes, J. (2025, June). Gendered responses to far-right content: The roles of sexism and communicator gender. Presentation to the Communication and Technology Division at the 75th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), June 12-16, Denver, CO, USA.
Weiss, P., Koban, K., & Matthes, J. (2025, June). Mainstreaming far-right ideology: How communicator style and sexist attitudes shape social media users' perceptions. Presentation to Political Communication Division at the 75th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), June 12-16, Denver, CO, USA.
Kirchmair, T., Koban, K., Baumann, A., & Matthes, J. (2025, April). Multidimensional differences of digital hate between YouTube's and TikTok's comment sections. Presentation at the 7th annual COMPTEXT conference, April 24-26, Vienna, Austria.

Meerson, R., Koban, K., & Matthes, J. (2024, September). Zu viel, aber wovon genau? Evidenz für selektive (De-)Sensibilisierung durch wiederholte Exposition gegenüber verschiedenen Arten von digitalem Hass. Poster Presentation at the 53rd DGPs Congress/15th ÖGP Conference, September 16-19, Vienna, Austria.
Kirchmair, T., Koban, K., & Matthes, J. (2024, September). Register variation of digital hate comments in the Gaza-Israel conflict on YouTube and TikTok. Presentation at the 4th Workshop on Computational Linguistics for the Political and Social Sciences (CPSS) at KONVENS 2024, September 13, Vienna, Austria.
Koban, K., Bührer, S., & Matthes, J. (2024, August). All roads lead to hate? Five prediction paths for online incivility and intolerance perpetration. Presentation to the Communication Theory and Methodology Division at the AEJMC Annual Convention, August 8-11, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Meerson, R., Koban, K., & Matthes, J. (2024, August). Too much of what? Evidence for selective (de-)sensitization through frequent exposure to digital hate. Presentation to the Mass Communication and Society Division at the AEJMC Annual Convention, August 8-11, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Saumer, M., Koban, K., & Matthes, J. (2024, August). The dark side of the rainbow: A mobile experience study on community members' exposure frequency and processing of LGBTQIA+-directed digital hostility. Presentation to the Communication Theory and Methodology Division at the AEJMC Annual Convention, August 8-11, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Bührer, S., Koban, K., & Matthes, J. (2024, June). The WWW of digital hate perpetration: What, who, and why? A scoping review. Presentation to the Communication and Technology Division at the 74th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), June 20-24, Gold Coast, Australia.
Khaleghipour, M., Koban, K., & Matthes, J. (2024, June). Digital hate from targets' perception: A scoping review of recent research. Presentation to the Interpersonal Communication Division at the 74th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), June 20-24, Gold Coast, Australia.
Kirchmair, T., Koban, K., & Matthes, J. (2024, June). Four eyes, two truths: Explaining heterogeneity in perceived severity of digital hate against immigrants. Presentation to the Information Systems Division at the 74th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), June 20-24, Gold Coast, Australia.
Meerson, R., Koban, K., & Matthes, J. (2024, June). Content moderation through the bystander lens: A scoping review. Presentation to the Information Systems Division at the 74th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), June 20-24, Gold Coast, Australia.
Weiss, P., Koban, K., & Matthes, J. (2024, June). A narrow gateway from misogyny to the far-right: Empirical evidence for social media exposure effects. Presentation to the Mass Communication Division at the 74th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), June 20-24, Gold Coast, Australia.

Matthes, J., Koban, K., Bührer, S., Kirchmair, T., Weiß, P., Khaleghipour, M., Saumer, M., & Meerson, R. (2023, August). The state of evidence in digital hate research: An umbrella review. Presentation to the Communication Theory and Methodology Division at the AEJMC Annual Convention, August 7-10, Washington D.C., USA.