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Violence and Trolling on Social Media: History, Affect, and Effects of Online Vitriol book cover

1st Edition

Violence and Trolling on Social Media History, Affect, and Effects of Online Vitriol

Edited By Sara Polak, Daniel Trottier Copyright 2021
266 Pages
by Routledge

266 Pages
by Routledge

Trolls for Trump', virtual rape, fake news — social media discourse, including forms of virtual and real violence, has become a formidable, yet elusive, political force. What characterizes online vitriol? How do we understand the narratives generated, and also address their real-world — even life-and-death— impact? How can hatred, bullying, and dehumanization on social media platforms be addressed... Read more
1. Introduction- Online Vitriol, nothing new? 2. Section 1: A Cultural History of Online Vitriol, 3. Section 2: How Media Shape Practices, 4. Section 3: Emotions Coursing Through the Internet: Affect, Shock value, Polarization, 5. Section 4: Ethics, Legal approaches, and Public Engagements, 6. Section 5: How to Respond to Online Vitriol? 7. Conclusion: How Do We Understand Online Vitriol?

Biography

Sara Polak (Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society) is an assistant professor in American Studies, focusing on US presidents and their media. She wrote This is Roosevelt’s World — FDR as a Cultural Icon in American Memory and co-edited Embodying Contagion: The Viropolitics of Horror and Desire in Contemporary Discourse. Daniel Trottier (Erasmus University Rotterdam) is an associate professor of Global Digital Media. His current research considers the use of digital media for the purposes of scrutiny, denunciation and shaming. His books include Social Media as Surveillance, Identity Problems in the Facebook Era and Introducing Vigilant Audiences.

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