Joseph Seering

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Joseph Seering is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Artificial Intelligence and Communication. According to data from OpenAlex, Joseph Seering has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 16 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 14 papers in Communication. Recurrent topics in Joseph Seering's work include Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection (13 papers), Social Media and Politics (11 papers) and Digital Games and Media (11 papers). Joseph Seering is often cited by papers focused on Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection (13 papers), Social Media and Politics (11 papers) and Digital Games and Media (11 papers). Joseph Seering collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Mexico. Joseph Seering's co-authors include Geoff Kaufman, Robert E. Kraut, Jessica Hammer, Laura Dabbish, Tony Wang, Jina Yoon, Zheng Yao, Saiph Savage, Michal Luria and Diyi Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as New Media & Society, Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction and Computers in Human Behavior Reports.

In The Last Decade

Joseph Seering

29 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Moderator engagement and community development in the age of algorithms
    2019 224 citations Joseph Seering, Jina Yoon et al. New Media & Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Joseph Seering United States 16 582 525 403 162 152 31 1.2k
Shagun Jhaver United States 15 608 1.0× 761 1.4× 612 1.5× 123 0.8× 72 0.5× 27 1.3k
Tawfiq Ammari United States 15 505 0.9× 264 0.5× 263 0.7× 171 1.1× 243 1.6× 26 1.1k
Kristen Vaccaro United States 13 503 0.9× 345 0.7× 205 0.5× 78 0.5× 198 1.3× 19 1.1k
David Huffaker United States 14 698 1.2× 190 0.4× 459 1.1× 125 0.8× 268 1.8× 30 1.4k
Andrew McStay United Kingdom 13 602 1.0× 262 0.5× 288 0.7× 135 0.8× 73 0.5× 42 1.1k
Kelley Cotter United States 14 738 1.3× 296 0.6× 412 1.0× 41 0.3× 102 0.7× 32 1.3k
Brahim Zarouali Belgium 16 757 1.3× 359 0.7× 168 0.4× 74 0.5× 78 0.5× 34 1.1k
Alyson L. Young United States 11 1.2k 2.1× 145 0.3× 566 1.4× 81 0.5× 141 0.9× 26 1.6k
Manya Sleeper United States 14 807 1.4× 283 0.5× 158 0.4× 78 0.5× 170 1.1× 25 1.2k
Eric Nickell United States 10 1.3k 2.2× 146 0.3× 281 0.7× 171 1.1× 288 1.9× 12 1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Joseph Seering

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Fields of papers citing papers by Joseph Seering

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joseph Seering

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Joseph Seering. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Joseph Seering based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Joseph Seering. Joseph Seering is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Yoon, Jina, Amy X. Zhang, & Joseph Seering. (2025). "It's Great Because It's Ran By Us": Empowering Teen Volunteer Discord Moderators to Design Healthy and Engaging Youth-Led Online Communities. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction. 9(2). 1–30. 1 indexed citations
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Kim, Hidong, et al.. (2025). Understanding User Privacy Perceptions in Video Conferencing: Insights from a Feature-Specific User Study. Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies. 2025(3). 213–241.
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Seering, Joseph, et al.. (2024). Chillbot: Content Moderation in the Backchannel. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction. 8(CSCW2). 1–26. 1 indexed citations
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Seering, Joseph, et al.. (2023). Hate Raids on Twitch: Echoes of the Past, New Modalities, and Implications for Platform Governance. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction. 7(CSCW1). 1–28. 16 indexed citations
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Seering, Joseph & Sanjay Kairam. (2022). Who Moderates on Twitch and What Do They Do?. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction. 7(GROUP). 1–18. 6 indexed citations
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Kim, Soomin, et al.. (2021). Moderator Chatbot for Deliberative Discussion. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction. 5(CSCW1). 1–26. 47 indexed citations
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Seering, Joseph, Jessica Hammer, Geoff Kaufman, & Diyi Yang. (2020). Proximate Social Factors in First-Time Contribution to Online Communities. 1–14. 8 indexed citations
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Seering, Joseph, Geoff Kaufman, & Stevie Chancellor. (2020). Metaphors in moderation. New Media & Society. 24(3). 621–640. 49 indexed citations
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Seering, Joseph, et al.. (2020). It Takes a Village: Integrating an Adaptive Chatbot into an Online Gaming Community. 1–13. 39 indexed citations
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Seering, Joseph, et al.. (2020). "Taking Care of a Fruit Tree": Nurturing as a Layer of Concern in Online Community Moderation. Pure (University of Bath). 1–9. 15 indexed citations
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Seering, Joseph. (2020). Reconsidering Self-Moderation. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction. 4(CSCW2). 1–28. 96 indexed citations
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Chandrasekharan, Eshwar, Shagun Jhaver, Jialun Aaron Jiang, et al.. (2019). Volunteer Work. 492–497. 11 indexed citations
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Seering, Joseph, Michal Luria, Geoff Kaufman, & Jessica Hammer. (2019). Beyond Dyadic Interactions. 1–13. 62 indexed citations
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Harpstead, Erik, et al.. (2019). Toward a Twitch Research Toolkit. 111–119. 25 indexed citations
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Hammer, Jessica, et al.. (2019). Audience and Streamer Participation at Scale on Twitch. 277–278. 20 indexed citations
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Seering, Joseph, Felicia Ng, Zheng Yao, & Geoff Kaufman. (2018). Applications of Social Identity Theory to Research and Design in Computer-Supported Cooperative Work. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction. 2(CSCW). 1–34. 41 indexed citations
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Seering, Joseph, et al.. (2015). Mapping Outcomes in an Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering Program. 26.1130.1–26.1130.10. 8 indexed citations

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