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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798248003321

Autore

Fichman Pnina

Titolo

Online trolling and its perpetrators : under the cyberbridge / / Pnina Fichman and Madelyn Sanfilippo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-4422-3851-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Disciplina

302.23/1

Soggetti

Online trolling

Online etiquette

Internet users - Psychology

Internet - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- What is online trolling? -- What motivates online trolling and its perpetrators? -- Online enabling factors for trolling and deviant behaviors -- All trolling is not equal -- Gender and online trolling -- Trolling in context -- Culture and online trolling -- Responding to online trolls -- Conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

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?