id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt rrj-ca-1991 No Escape: The neverending online threats to female journalists | [ ] Review of Journalism : The School of Journalism .html text/html 4150 280 70 Paired with the recent trend of false information going viral and the lack of real change from the companies hosting social media platforms, online harassment poses a threat to how journalism is conducted, and to the lives and mental health of the journalists coming into work each day. In Canada, comment sections have been changing with increased moderation or are sometimes completely shuttered, leaving journalists at the mercy of one-on-one communication with their haters through social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook. Opinion writers are often at the receiving end of these personalized hate messages, and Renzetti, whose column often focuses on women's issues, says she no longer reads comments. She likens comment sections to live online theatre, where commenters perform for each other, while she says social media messaging is more uninhibited, public, and personal. ./cache/rrj-ca-1991.html ./txt/rrj-ca-1991.txt