Research data

incels.is forum dataset

GESIS, Cologne. Data File Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.7802/2485
Abstract: For legal reasons, the study data (data_incels_gesis.zip) are no longer available as of 30.01.2024 until further notice. The dataset consists of all publicly visible posts and the data that comes with each post of the online-forum incels.is during the first week of November 2022. The forum is the current (2022) largest communication platform within the incel community. Incels (involuntary celibates) are of interest to researchers through several offline and online violence cases. Violence against themselves is also an accepted act within the community. This dataset is a large-scale collectio ... more
Availability: Free access (without registration)
License: CC BY 4.0: Attribution (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.de)
Subject area: [Criminal Sociology, Sociology of Law [=] Family Sociology, Sociology of Sexual Behavior [=] Sociology of Communication, Sociology of Language, Sociolinguistics [=] Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture [=] Psychological Disorders, Mental Health Treatment and Prevention, Psychoanalytic Therapy, Mental Health Services [=] Social Psychology [=] Social Problems [=] Other Fields of the Applied Social Sciences]

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 2022-11-01; 2022-11-10
Geographic coverage (free): [Weltweit]
Universe: All publicly visible posts from November 7, 2017 until the first week of November of the online-forum incels.is
Sampling Procedure: Total Universe / Complete enumeration
Temporal Research Design: Time series
Mode of Data Collection: Computer-based observation
Notes: For legal reasons, the study data (data_incels_gesis.zip) are no longer available as of 30.01.2024 until further notice.

Bibliographic information

Primärforschende, Institution: Wedel, Lion; Weizenbaum Institut
Publication year: 2023
DOI: 10.7802/2485
Study number: SDN-10.7802-2485
Publisher: GESIS, Cologne

Versions

Current Version: 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.7802/2485

Cite

Wedel, Lion (2023). incels.is forum dataset. GESIS, Cologne. Data File Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.7802/2485.

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