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020			_a9780262328999 _qelectronic
020			_z9780262028943 _qhardcover : alk. paper
035			_a(CaBNVSL)mat07081710
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050		4	_aHM1169 _b.P45 2015eb
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100	1		_aPhillips, Whitney, _d1983- _924582
245	1	0	_aThis is why we can't have nice things : _bmapping the relationship between online trolling and mainstream culture / _cWhitney Phillips.
264		1	_aCambridge, Massachusetts : _bMIT Press, _c[2015]
264		2	_a[Piscataqay, New Jersey] : _bIEEE Xplore, _c[2015]
300			_a1 PDF (xi, 237 pages).
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aelectronic _2isbdmedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aThe information society series
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 199-223) and index.
506	1		_aRestricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.
520			_aInternet trolls live to upset as many people as possible, using all the technical and psychological tools at their disposal. They gleefully whip the media into a frenzy over a fake teen drug crisis; they post offensive messages on Facebook memorial pages, traumatizing grief-stricken friends and family; they use unabashedly racist language and images. They take pleasure in ruining a complete stranger's day and find amusement in their victim's anguish. In short, 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. Phillips describes, for example, the relationship between trolling and sensationalist corporate media -- pointing out that for trolls, exploitation is a leisure activity; for media, it's a business strategy. She shows how trolls, "the grimacing poster children for a socially networked world," align with social media. And she documents how trolls, in addition to parroting media tropes, also offer a grotesque pantomime of dominant cultural tropes, including gendered notions of dominance and success and an ideology of entitlement. We don't just have a trolling problem, Phillips argues; we have a culture problem. This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things isn't only about trolls; it's about a culture in which trolls thrive.
530			_aAlso available in print.
538			_aMode of access: World Wide Web
588			_aDescription based on PDF viewed 12/24/2015.
650		0	_aOnline chat groups _xMoral and ethical aspects. _924583
650		0	_aOnline identities _xMoral and ethical aspects. _924584
650		0	_aOnline etiquette. _924585
650		0	_aInternet _xSocial aspects. _922842
650		0	_aInternet _xMoral and ethical aspects. _924586
650		0	_aInternet users. _924587
655		0	_aElectronic books. _93294
710	2		_aIEEE Xplore (Online Service), _edistributor. _924588
710	2		_aMIT Press, _epublisher. _924589
776	0	8	_iPrint version _z9780262028943
830		0	_aThe information society series _924590
856	4	2	_3Abstract with links to resource _uhttps://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/bkabstractplus.jsp?bkn=7081710
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