Golf Papez M JIM Feeding the Trolling September 2021 Revised Manuscript.pdf (8.34 MB)
Feeding the trolling: understanding and mitigating online trolling behavior as an unintended consequence
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posted on 2023-06-10, 02:33 authored by Maja Golf PapezMaja Golf Papez, Ekant VeerTrolling is a form of consumer misbehavior that involves deliberate, deceptive, and mischievous attempts to provoke reactions from other online users. This research draws on actor-network theory to explore the assemblages of human and non-human entities that allow and perpetuate online trolling behaviors. By taking a practice-focused multi-sited ethnographic research approach, the research shows that online trolling is often an unintended consequence of interactions between human and non-human entities that are joined in the performance of trolling behavior. These entities include: troll(s), target(s), a medium of exchange, audience(s), other trolls, trolling artifacts, regulators, revenue streams, and assistants. Some of these actors (i.e., troll, target, medium) are playing a role in initiating, and other actors are (un)intentionally sustaining trolling by celebrating it, boosting it, facilitating it, and normalizing it. The findings highlight the role of nontraditional actors in the performance of misbehaviors and suggest that effective management of online consumer misbehaviors such as trolling will include managing the socio-technical networks that allow and fuel these misbehaviors.
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Journal of Interactive MarketingISSN
1094-9968Publisher
ElsevierExternal DOI
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1Volume
57Page range
90-114Department affiliated with
- Strategy and Marketing Publications
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Pub link - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/10949968221075315Full text available
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2022-02-08First Open Access (FOA) Date
2023-02-22First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2022-02-07Usage metrics
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