Online Communities have been growing with increasing intervention of social media. The digital natives have also gradually started to spend a fairly large time on the internet and their contributions have grown significantly in shaping discussions and future of online communities. With an increase in contribution, it is also witnessed that these communities have also been responsible for promoting cyberbullying; trolling; fake news; discriminant; harassment and many more such pressing issues. While studies have focused on each of these important issues, their lies a dearth of contributions from the academicians and practitioners that would extend the debate on the theoretical and practical side of these issues. Furthermore, with increasing complexity of data and forms of data, the problem becomes multifold. The current special issue aims to build discussions and debate on these critical issues.

随着社交媒体干预的增加，在线社区不断发展。数字原住民也逐渐开始在互联网上花费相当多的时间，他们在塑造在线社区的讨论和未来方面的贡献显着增长。随着贡献的增加，也见证了这些社区也对助长网络欺凌负有责任；拖钓；假新闻；判别式；骚扰以及更多此类紧迫问题。虽然研究集中在这些重要问题上，但缺乏院士和实践者的贡献，无法扩大这些问题的理论和实践方面的辩论。此外，随着数据和数据形式的复杂性不断增加，问题变得多重。本期特刊旨在就这些关键问题展开讨论和辩论。