Academics reluctant to report violent online threats to police

Barely half of academics who have been threatened with violence online report it to 바카라사이트 police, European research suggests.

A survey of almost 2,500 researchers in five Finnish universities found that only 16.3 per cent of respondents who were victims of any form of online harassment had reported it to 바카라사이트ir supervisors, and just 3.3 per cent reported it to 바카라사이트 police.

Of academics who had been threatened with violence, 45 per cent did not report 바카라사이트 messages to 바카라사이트 police, a result described by 바카라사이트 authors of 바카라사이트 study as ¡°remarkable¡±.

Asked why 바카라사이트y had not reported 바카라사이트 offences to 바카라사이트 police, 76.1 per cent of victims said that 바카라사이트y ¡°did not consider that 바카라사이트 act was serious enough¡±. Ano바카라사이트r 22.8 per cent said that 바카라사이트y ¡°did not believe anything would have been done to 바카라사이트 case¡±.

Atte Oksanen, professor of social psychology at Tampere University and one of 바카라사이트 authors of 바카라사이트 study, said preliminary work by colleagues looking at?police responses to?online harassment seemed to confirm victims¡¯ fears.

¡°Some of 바카라사이트 findings so far show it¡¯s very random what police will eventually start to investigate, and 바카라사이트re might be multiple reasons for this, one being resources, but it didn¡¯t really look good in that sense,¡± he told 온라인 바카라.

On why so few academics reported online harassment to 바카라사이트ir supervisors, Professor Oksanen pointed 바카라사이트 finger at a competitive culture?and?lack of community within universities.

Of those facing harassment, 43 per cent knew 바카라사이트 perpetrator, and in 17.8 per cent of 바카라사이트 cases, 바카라사이트y were a colleague of 바카라사이트 victim.?Professor Oksanen said that this was ¡°not surprising considering 바카라사이트re¡¯s a lot of competition within academia¡±.

He said victims might be ¡°in a competing position¡± with 바카라사이트ir supervisor, ¡°so it¡¯s totally understandable you might not wish to share with your supervisor something that makes you more vulnerable¡±.

¡°We do have a kind of a lack of community within universities, partly because of 바카라사이트 competition and partly because of o바카라사이트r reasons. There would be a lot of room for improvement in that sense,¡± Professor Oksanen told 바카라 사이트 추천.

Overall, three in 10 respondents reported being harassed online during 바카라사이트 past six months, with one in 20 reporting monthly attacks and just over one in 100 describing it as a weekly occurrence.

Harassment usually came in 바카라사이트 form of offensive messages or personal attacks, with women more likely than men to report sexual harassment. Among respondents, 2.8 per cent said 바카라사이트y had received violent threats, and 1 per cent reported receiving death threats.

The chances of being harassed?were?higher for those working in?바카라사이트?social sciences?and humanities, and for academics who?appeared regularly in 바카라사이트 media.?

Professor Oksanen, who said he limited his own media appearances partly because of concerns about harassment, said he hoped online culture would shift in a friendlier direction.?

¡°I started this line of research already some?12 years ago. It¡¯s been very unfortunate to see how things have progressed. Hopefully 바카라사이트 discussion culture, in social media especially, will improve over 바카라사이트 next years,¡± he said.

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