Discourse has long been recognized as a source of symbolic violence, perpetuating power relations and reinforcing existing social hierarchies. With the rise of social media platforms, the influence of discourse on society has gained renewed attention. These platforms, while enabling social interactions, also serve as catalysts for violent behaviors, reinforcing and legitimizing forms of oppression and symbolic violence, particularly the violence of language. While the concept of toxicity is frequently used to describe this phenomenon, its meaning and connection to language often remain unexplored. This article aims to address this gap by examining the significance of toxicity in discourse and how the infrastructure of social media platforms facilitates the emergence of toxic discourses. It argues that while toxicity and violence are related, they are distinct phenomena. Toxicity, as a dimension of symbolic violence, contaminates debates and discourses, and is enabled by the characteristics of platformization in online interactions. Thus, toxicity is an effect of platforms mediating social interactions.

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暴力平台化：走向社交媒体上话语毒性的概念

话语长期以来被认为是象征性暴力、维持权力关系和强化现有社会等级制度的根源。随着社交媒体平台的兴起，话语对社会的影响重新受到关注。这些平台在促进社会互动的同时，也成为暴力行为的催化剂，强化压迫和象征性暴力，特别是语言暴力，并使之合法化。虽然毒性的概念经常被用来描述这种现象，但它的含义以及与语言的联系往往仍未被探索。本文旨在通过研究话语中毒性的重要性以及社交媒体平台的基础设施如何促进有毒话语的出现来解决这一差距。它认为，虽然毒性和暴力是相关的，但它们是不同的现象。毒性作为象征性暴力的一个维度，污染了辩论和话语，并由在线互动平台化的特征所促成。因此，毒性是介导社交互动的平台的影响。