Online Trolling And Its Perpetrators: Under The Cyberbridge

Description

Online trolling and other deviant behaviors have always affected online communities. As online trolling becomes widely spread, myriad questions are raised, including: Who is a troll and why do trolls troll? What are the enabling factors of online trolling? How do members and administrators of online communities detect, interpret, and react to trolling? How can online trolling be handled effectively? What is the impact of the socio-cultural and technological environments on online trolling? What motivates trolling? The book answers these questions and includes the following focuses: Hard-core trolls and light trolls Gender, trolling, and anti-social behavior online Perception of trolling Collaborative trolling Ideological trolls Trolling around the globe. Contents......Page 6 List of Figures......Page 8 List of Tables......Page 10 Acknowledgments......Page 12 1 Introduction......Page 14 2 What Is Online Trolling?......Page 18 3 What Motivates Online Trolling and Its Perpetrators?......Page 36 4 Online Enabling Factors for Trolling and Deviant Behaviors......Page 62 5 All Trolling Is Not Equal......Page 78 6 Gender and Online Trolling......Page 104 7 Trolling in Context......Page 120 8 Trolling and Culture......Page 152 9 Responding to Online Trolls......Page 166 10 Conclusions......Page 186 References......Page 192 Index......Page 206 About the Authors......Page 216