[Commlist] New Special Issue on NM&S published: Contextual Complexities of Violence on Digital Platforms

We announce the publication of a new special issue in New Media & 
Society on the contextual nature of violence on digital platforms. 
Edited by Esteban Morales, Tom Divon, and Martin Lundqvist, the issue 
engages debates on platform governance, harm, power, visibility, and 
circulation, arguing that violence cannot be understood in isolation 
from the infrastructures, cultural narratives, governance regimes, and 
local dynamics through which it emerges.

The issue brings together 10 papers that examine how attention to 
context reshapes understandings of the platformization of violence, 
offering conceptual, empirical, and methodological contributions. The 
papers span a range of platforms and practices, from TikTok and Twitch 
to internet shutdowns in Sri Lanka and sites of participatory warfare, 
addressing phenomena such as image-based abuse, memetic misogyny, 
conspiracy imaginaries, and self-documented terrorism.

The issue is available at: https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/nmsa/28/4 
<https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/nmsa/28/4>

Table of contents:

- Morales, E., Divon, T., & Lundqvist, M. (2026). Context matters: 
Understanding the platformization of violence. New Media & Society, 
28(4), 1395–1411. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448261420823 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448261420823>

- Cabanzo Valencia, M., & Guntrum, L. G. (2026). Race, ethnicity, and 
technology-facilitated violence: The experience of activists in Chocó, 
Colombia. New Media & Society, 28(4), 1412–1436. 
https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448251344286 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448251344286>

- de Keulenaar, E., & Alves dos Santos, M., Jr. (2026). Normative 
dislocation: When platforms moderate without memory. New Media & 
Society, 28(4), 1437–1463. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448251364814 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448251364814>

- Petersen, L. N., & Johansen, M. B. (2026). The violence of online 
conspiracy theories. New Media & Society, 28(4), 1464–1481. 
https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448251336431 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448251336431>

- Eriksson Krutrök, M., & Mitchell, J. (2026). Memeing the moniker: The 
stickiness of gang myths in Swedish news legacy media and TikTok. New 
Media & Society, 28(4), 1482–1503. 
https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448251338507 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448251338507>

- Ryder, C. (2026). Affordance folklore: Truth, community and visibility 
during Sri Lanka's Internet shutdowns. New Media & Society, 28(4), 
1504–1523. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448251357264 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448251357264>

- Morse, T., & Altaratz, D. (2026). Witnessing carnage: Self-documented 
terrorism and the moral challenges of decentralized digital platforms. 
New Media & Society, 28(4), 1524–1549. 
https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448251370967 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448251370967>

- Harris, B. C., Tran, C. H., & Persaud, C. J. (2026). Contextual 
governance & androcentric hegemony on Twitch.tv. New Media & Society, 
28(4), 1550–1570. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448251370965 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448251370965>

- Henry, N., Vowles, C., & Beard, G. (2026). "Doing gender": 
A digital ethnography of image-based abuse perpetration. New Media & 
Society, 28(4), 1571–1591. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448251356604 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448251356604>

- Özkula, S. M., & Prieto-Blanco, P. (2026). Just a meme? The role of 
context in mythologies of memetic misogyny. New Media & Society, 28(4), 
1592–1618. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448251396942 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448251396942>

- Chonka, P. (2026). (De)constructing research 'expertise' in 
transnational participatory warfare. New Media & Society, 28(4), 
1619–1637. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448251357269 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448251357269>

Esteban Morales ((Esteban.Morales /at/ royalroads.ca) 
<mailto:(Esteban.Morales /at/ royalroads.ca)>)
Tom Divon ((tom.divon /at/ mail.huji.ac.il) <mailto:(tom.divon /at/ mail.huji.ac.il)>)
Martin Lundqvist ((martin.lundqvist /at/ iko.lu.se) 
<mailto:(martin.lundqvist /at/ iko.lu.se)>)


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