Early career researchers (ECR) in communication and media research face increasing problems and stressors due to systemic challenges in academia, including the precarity of being an ECR and the politicization of research and targeting of researchers. For researchers studying harmful content online (HCO), research-related trauma (RRT) can compound these stressors. In this study, we present results from interviews with 18 ECRs from communication studies and adjacent disciplines studying HCO. We find researchers frequently experience RRT from harmful content, pressure from superiors to conduct research on harmful content, and outside harassment related to their research. In addition, researchers frequently use individualized self-care practices for dealing with RRT or couch their trauma. Drawing from widespread consensus by our participants that their needs are not being institutionally met, we offer a vision of what an ethics of care framework for ECRs should provide.

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让学术界不那么糟糕：通过女权主义关怀伦理支持早期职业研究人员研究在线有害内容


由于学术界的系统性挑战，包括成为 ECR 的不稳定性以及研究的政治化和针对研究人员的目标，传播和媒体研究的早期职业研究人员 （ECR） 面临着越来越多的问题和压力源。对于研究在线有害内容 （HCO） 的研究人员来说，研究相关创伤 （RRT） 会加剧这些压力源。在这项研究中，我们展示了对来自传播学研究和研究 HCO 的相邻学科的 18 名 ECR 的访谈结果。我们发现，研究人员经常会遇到来自有害内容的 RRT、来自上级的压力以对有害内容进行研究，以及与他们的研究相关的外部骚扰。此外，研究人员经常使用个性化的自我保健实践来处理 RRT 或掩盖他们的创伤。根据我们的参与者的广泛共识，即他们的需求没有在机构上得到满足，我们提出了 ECR 护理伦理框架应该提供什么的愿景。