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Informationen zum Autor Whitney Phillips is a Lecturer in the Department of Communications at Humboldt State University. Klappentext Internet trolls live to upset as many people as possible, using all the technical and psychological tools at their disposal. Trolling is the obstacle to a kinder, gentler Internet. To quote a famous Internet meme, trolling is why we can¿t have nice things online. Or at least that¿s what we have been led to believe. In this provocative book, Whitney Phillips argues that trolling, widely condemned as obscene and deviant, actually fits comfortably within the contemporary media landscape. Trolling may be obscene, but, Phillips argues, it isn¿t all that deviant. Trolls¿ actions are born of and fueled by culturally sanctioned impulses¿which are just as damaging as the trolls¿ most disruptive behaviors.
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"Given the social anxiety surrounding online antagonism and mischief generally, and the confusion surrounding trolling specifically, it is about time someone wrote this book. Building on deep empirical research, Phillips has given us a rich, comprehensive, and wonderfully engaging account of the identities and practices of trolling, both as a historically situated subculture and as a dynamic of the digital media environment." - Jean Burgess, Associate Professor of Digital Media, Queensland University of Technology
