Full 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
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: What Is Online Trolling?
Chapter 3: What Motivates Online Trolling and Its Perpetrators?
Chapter 4: Online Enabling Factors for Trolling and Deviant Behaviors
Chapter 5: All Trolling Is Not Equal
Chapter 6: Gender and Online Trolling
Chapter 7: Trolling in Context
Chapter 8: Culture and Online Trolling
Chapter 9: Responding to Online Trolls
Chapter 10: Conclusions
References
Index
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