Understanding darkness: age, sex, and tech-proficiency in knowledge and perceptions of technology-mediated abuse
研究通过社区链式推荐招募551人，发现年龄、性别和技术熟练度各自及交互影响人们对成人伴侣间技术中介虐待（如网络跟踪、黑客攻击）的认知，年长者和男性对某些行为的危害性理解不同。
Abstract This article examines how people understand technology-mediated abuse (TMA) between adult romantic partners. Because knowledge and attitudes regarding sensitive issues are created and shaped via technology, users’ interpretations are crucial to understanding life-threatening relational situations such as TMA. In this study, 551 individuals were recruited via community-based chain-referral sampling and asked to describe TMA (e.g., online stalking, hacking, verbal attack, etc.). To varying degrees, age, sex, and technological proficiency each and also, interactively predicted TMA perceptions. Findings showed that older (vs. younger) and male (vs. female) individuals understood different technology-mediated behaviors as harmful when used by adult romantic partners.