Disturbing the Peace: Experiencing and Mitigating Emerging Harassment in Social Virtual Reality

被引：56
作者：
Freeman G. [1 ]
Zamanifard S. [1 ]
Maloney D. [1 ]
Acena D. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Clemson University, Clemson, SC
来源：
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction | 2022年 / 6卷 / CSCW1期
基金：
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词：
marginalized tech users; online harassment; online social interaction; social virtual reality;
D O I：
10.1145/3512932
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摘要：
Harassment has long been considered a severe social issue and a culturally contextualized construct. More recently, understanding and mitigating emerging harassment in social Virtual Reality (VR) has become a growing research area in HCI and CSCW. Based on the perspective of harassment in the U.S. culture, in this paper we identify new characteristics of online harassment in social VR using 30 in-depth interviews. We especially attend to how people who are already considered marginalized in the gaming and virtual worlds contexts (e.g., women, LGBTQ, and ethnic minorities) experience such harassment. As social VR is still a novel technology, our proactive approach highlights embodied harassment as an emerging but understudied form of harassment in novel online social spaces. Our critical review of social VR users' experiences of harassment and recommendations to mitigate such harassment also extends the current conceptualization of online harassment in CSCW. We therefore contribute to the active prevention of future harassment in nuanced online environments, platforms, and experiences. © 2022 ACM.
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