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Record Nr.

UNISA996398647803316

Titolo

Violence and Trolling on Social Media : History, Affect, and Effects of Online Vitriol / / edited by Sara Polak and Daniel Trottier

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , [2020]

©[2020]

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (226 p.)

Collana

MediaMatters

Disciplina

302.231

Soggetti

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society

Trolls d'Internet

Medias sociaux

Menaces de violence

Intimidation sur Internet

Threats of violence

Social media

Online trolling

Cyberbullying

Livres numeriques.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introducing Online Vitriol -- Dynamics of Online Vitriol -- 1 Mediated Visibility as Making Vitriol Meaningful -- 2 ‘Don’t Feed the Trolls’ -- 3 ‘#Unpresidented’ -- Histories of Online Vitriol -- 4 Historical Prefigurations of Vitriol -- 5 White Femininity and Trolling -- 6 The Case of Telefilm De Punt’s Online Discussion Forum -- Affects of Online Vitriol -- 7 Love and Hate Online -- 8 Satire and Affect -- 9 Ethical Implications of Onlife Vitriol -- Activism and Online Vitriol -- 10 ‘I Wasn’t Chastised Properly’ -- 11 r/ChokeABitch -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Trolls for Trump', virtual rape, fake news - social media discourse, including forms of virtual and real violence, has become a formidable, yet elusive, political force. What characterizes online vitriol? How do we



understand the narratives generated, and also address their real-world - even life-and-death - impact? How can hatred, bullying, and dehumanization on social media platforms be addressed and countered in a post-truth world? This book unpicks discourses, metaphors, media dynamics, and framing on social media, to begin to answer these questions. Written for and by cultural and media studies scholars, journalists, political philosophers, digital communication professionals, activists and advocates, this book makes the connections between theoretical approaches from cultural and media studies and practical challenges and experiences 'from the field', providing insight into a rough medialandscape.