Martin J. Riedl
Martin Riedl is doctoral student and teaching assistant at the School of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin. In the summer of 2018 he was a Visiting Fellow in the research program “The evolving digital society” at HIIG and is now Associated Researcher exploring Internet governance from a transatlantic perspective.
In his research Martin primarily contemplates questions concerning content moderation, the labor conditions of moderators of user-generated content, as well as policy and governance of social media platforms, and the German Network Enforcement Act.
Martin’s research areas comprise (1) incivility in online news comments, journalistic professionalism and issues of social media sharing of online news content, (2) editorial work, governance and policy decisions at social media enterprises, and (3) the analysis of content moderation – with a particular emphasis on work conditions and practices of moderators, ethical aspects of outsourcing and crowdsourcing, and health-related aspects of emotional wellness.
Martin has a Bachelor’s degree in journalism and media management (Vienna), a Master’s in communication studies from Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media, and a Master’s in social sciences from Humboldt University of Berlin.
Journal articles and conference proceedings
Chen, G.M., Riedl, M.J., Shermak, J., Brown, J., & Tenenboim, O. (2019). Breakdown of democratic norms? Understanding the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election through online comments. Social Media + Society. Publication details
Chen, G. M., Ng, Y. M. M., Riedl, M. J., & Chen, V. (2019). Gaming the news: Exposure to online political quizzes boosts interest in politics, political news, and political engagement. Journal of Information Technology and Politics. DOI: 10.1080/19331681.2019.1680475 Publication details
Kilgo, D.K., Ng, Y.M.M., Riedl, M.J. & Lacasa-Mas, I. (2018). Reddit’s veil of anonymity: Predictors of engagement and participation in media environments with hostile reputations. Social Media + Society. DOI: 10.1177/2056305118810216 Publication details
Vu, H.T., Jiang, L., Cueva Chacón, L.M., Riedl, M.J., Tran, D., & Bobkowski, P. (2018). What influences media effects on public perception? A cross-national study of comparative agenda setting. International Communication Gazette. DOI: 10.1177/1748048518817652 Publication details
Kilgo, D.K., Lough, K. & Riedl, M.J. (2017). Emotional appeals and news values as factors of shareworthiness in Ice Bucket Challenge coverage. Digital Journalism. DOI: 10.1080/21670811.2017.1387501 Publication details
Other publications
Riedl, M.J. (2019). Squeaky-clean internet – Martin Riedl about the well-being of content moderators, [Audio Podcast] Exploring digital spheres – a podcast by HIIG. Retrieved from: hiig.de/podcast. Publication details
Gollatz, K., Riedl, M. J. & Pohlmann, J. (2018). Removals of Online Hate Speech in Numbers. Digital Society Blog, HIIG Science Blog, Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Berlin, Germany. Cross-posted at Media Policy Project Blog, London School of Economics, London, UK. Publication details
Lectures and presentations (10)
Weaponizing internet governance: Comparing the German Network Enforcement Act and FOSTA-SESTA in the United States
Scoping new policy frameworks for local broadband networks
Hashtag #NSFW #Tumblr: What the Tumblr ban means for platform migration.
Responding to online disagreement comments: It’s not what you say, but how you say it
Going against the flow: How incivility influences comment moderators
Taming incivility in online comment streams
Who put the ‘social’ in social payment platforms? Re-reading Simmel and colleagues in light of the Cambrian explosion
Holding platforms accountable: Content moderation, Logan Paul, and good old pathetic dot
Toward safer crowdsourced content moderation
But who protects the moderators? The case of crowdsourced image moderation
Organisation of events (1)
Content Moderation and Platform Accountability – Lunch talk with Martin J. Riedl. From 27.06.2018 to 27.06.2018. Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany (National) Further information
Martin J. Riedl
Position
Associate researcher: The evolving digital society
