Online Trolling and Its Perpetrators

Under the Cyberbridge

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Language Arts, Library & Information Services, Computers, Internet, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science

• Author: Pnina Fichman, Madelyn R. Sanfilippo
• ISBN: 9781442238510
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication: April 11, 2016
• Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Language: English

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