Digital hostility has verifiably increased over the past decades among adult users of social media and online forums. Both an extension of, and different from, cyberbullying, digital hostility has become a framing factor in the reduction of quality of public debate at a social level and, at an individual level, has been cited as responsible for withdrawal, disconnection and negative impact on health and mental health. This paper draws on digital ethnographic and in-depth survey research to present new approaches to understanding the cause, form and impact of digital hostility among adults. Participants in the study generated valuable discussion which, when analysed from the perspective of media and cultural theory, presented three significant findings: Firstly, that digital hostility is increasingly recognised not as a behavioural problem among individual perpetrators but as a ‘crisis’ that both arises from within and disrupts digital culture. Secondly, participants discussed the impact of their own experiences of online adversity on their health and wellbeing. Analysed through critical and cultural frameworks, their experiences can be understood as being positioned as ungrievable subjects or, in extreme cases, bare life—particularly when digital hostility is experienced through cross-platform trolling and spills over into stalking. Finally, participants discussed the experience of self-care in the absence of adequate support mechanisms by platform hosts. Self-care manifested not as individualised self-protection but as mutually-supportive, using alternative platforms to share strategies and support; care was also oriented towards care for digital culture more broadly. This paper provides initial insights into the perception and understanding of digital hostility as an everyday cultural experience.

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数字敌意：当代危机、被破坏的归属感和自我保健实践

在过去的几十年中，社交媒体和在线论坛的成年用户对数字敌意的态度明显增加。数字敌意既是网络欺凌的延伸，也不同于网络欺凌，已成为降低社会层面公共辩论质量的框架因素，并且在个人层面，被认为是造成退缩、断网和负面影响的原因。健康和心理健康。本文利用数字民族志和深入的调查研究，提出了理解成年人数字敌意的原因、形式和影响的新方法。研究的参与者产生了有价值的讨论，从媒体和文化理论的角度进行分析时，提出了三个重要的发现：首先，越来越多的人认为，数字敌意不是个人施暴者的行为问题，而是来自内部并破坏数字文化的“危机”。其次，参与者讨论了他们自己的在线逆境经历对他们的健康和福祉的影响。通过批判性和文化框架分析，他们的经历可以被理解为被定位为令人难以忍受的主题，或者在极端情况下，被定位为赤裸裸的生活——特别是当通过跨平台的拖钓体验到数字敌意并蔓延到跟踪中时。最后，与会者讨论了在平台主机缺乏足够支持机制的情况下的自我保健体验。自我保健不是个体化的自我保护，而是相互支持，使用替代平台分享策略和支持；关怀也面向更广泛的数字文化关怀。本文提供了对作为日常文化体验的数字敌意的感知和理解的初步见解。