Online Trolling and Its Perpetrators

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