The Evolution of the Manosphere across the Web
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We present a large-scale characterization of the Manosphere, a conglomerate of Web-based misogynist movements focused on men's issues, which has prospered online. Analyzing 28.8M posts from 6 forums and 51 subreddits, we paint a comprehensive picture of its evolution across the Web, showing the links between its different communities over the years. We find that milder and older communities, such as Pick Up Artists and Men's Rights Activists, are giving way to more extreme ones like Incels and Men Going Their Own Way, with a substantial migration of active users. Moreover, our analysis suggests that these newer communities are more toxic and misogynistic than the older ones.
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Frente a aproximaciones previas que describían la manosfera como un fenómeno principalmente textual o vinculado a foros en línea, el análisis de este caso en TikTok muestra una transformación hacia formatos audiovisuales muy breves que reconfiguran la representación de la masculinidad tóxica, evidenciando cómo estos discursos se integran cada vez más en el consumo cultural cotidiano y se normaliza
“Frente a las aproximaciones previas que habían descrito la manosfera como un fenómeno principalmente textual o vinculado a foros en línea (Horta Ribeiro et al., 2021;Díaz-Fernández y García-Mingo, 2022), el análisis de este caso en TikTok muestra una transformación hacia formatos audiovisuales muy breves que reconfiguran la forma en que se representa la masculinidad tóxica, evidenciando cómo estos”
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- Authors
- Horta Ribeiro, M., Blackburn, J., Bradlyn, B., De Cristofaro, E., Stringhini, G., Long, S., Greenberg, S., & Zannettou, S.
- Affiliations
- Binghamton University (US)
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- Boston University (US)
- Max Planck Society (DE)
- Venue
- Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media
- Published
- 2021-05-22
- Volume
- 15
- Pages
- 196-207
- ISSN
- 2162-3449 (ISSN-L)
- 2334-0770
- OpenAlex
- W3024961543
- Cited by
- 10
- References
- 5
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 1
- FWCI
- 0.81
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Locations
- Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (publishedVersion)
- OpenBU (Boston University) (acceptedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Funders
- National Science Foundation (1945058, 1942610)
- National Research Centre (EP/V011189/1)
- UK Research and Innovation (EP/V011189/1)
- Division of Materials Research
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender, Feminism, and Media
- Keywords
- manosphere, pick-up artists, incels, user migration, online toxicity, subreddits, online forums
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