03491nam 2200673 450 991046042860332120211109143646.00-262-32888-70-262-32887-9(CKB)3710000000402429(CaBNVSL)mat07109345(IDAMS)0b00006483f6f044(IEEE)7109345(SSID)ssj0001483604(PQKBManifestationID)12627171(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001483604(PQKBWorkID)11428364(PQKB)11769929(MiAaPQ)EBC3339980(OCoLC)908145960(OCoLC-P)908145960(MaCbMITP)10116(Au-PeEL)EBL3339980(CaPaEBR)ebr11050600(CaONFJC)MIL778983(EXLCZ)99371000000040242920151223d2015 uy engur|n|||||||||rdacontentisbdmediardacarrierReading the comments likers, haters, and manipulators at the bottom of the Web /Joseph M. Reagle, JrCambridge, Massachusetts :MIT Press,[2015][Piscataqay, New Jersey] :IEEE Xplore,[2015]1 PDF (xii, 228 pages)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-262-52988-2 0-262-02893-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Online comment can be informative or misleading, entertaining or maddening. Haters and manipulators often seem to monopolize the conversation. Some comments are off-topic, or even topic-less. In this book, Joseph Reagle urges us to read the comments. Conversations "on the bottom half of the Internet," he argues, can tell us much about human nature and social behavior.Reagle visits communities of Amazon reviewers, fan fiction authors, online learners, scammers, freethinkers, and mean kids. He shows how comment can inform us (through reviews), improve us (through feedback), manipulate us (through fakery), alienate us (through hate), shape us (through social comparison), and perplex us. He finds pre-Internet historical antecedents of online comment in Michelin stars, professional criticism, and the wisdom of crowds. He discusses the techniques of online fakery (distinguishing makers, fakers, and takers), describes the emotional work of receiving and giving feedback, and examines the culture of trolls and haters, bullying, and misogyny. He considers the way comment -- a nonstop stream of social quantification and ranking -- affects our self-esteem and well-being. And he examines how comment is puzzling -- short and asynchronous, these messages can be slap-dash, confusing, amusing, revealing, and weird, shedding context in their passage through the Internet, prompting readers to comment in turn, "WTF?!?".Online chat groupsElectronic discussion groupsBlogsSocial aspectsInternetSocial aspectsElectronic books.Online chat groups.Electronic discussion groups.BlogsSocial aspects.InternetSocial aspects.302.23/12Reagle Joseph Michael849899CaBNVSLCaBNVSLCaBNVSLBOOK9910460428603321Reading the comments1897751UNINA