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