Violence and trolling on social media : history, affect, and effects of online vitriol / edited by Sara Polak and Daniel Trottier

Includes bibliographical references and index

(from table of contents) Introducing online vitriol / Sara Polak and Daniel Trottier -- Dynamics of online vitriol. Mediated visibility as making vitriol meaningful / Daniel Trottier, Qian Huang and Rashid Gabdulhakov -- 'Don't Feed the Trolls' : social media and the limits of free speech / Tom Clucas -- '#Unpresidented' : the making of the first Twitter President / Sara Polak -- Histories of Online Vitriol. Historical Prefigurations of Vitriol : communities, constituencies and plutocratic insurgency / Frans-Willem Korsten -- White Femininity and Trolling : historicizing some visual strategies of today's far right / Ewelina Pepiak -- The Case of Telefilm 'De Punt's' Online Discussion Forum : participatory space for societal debate or echo chamber for the polemical few? / Gerlov van Engelenhoven -- Affects of Online Vitriol. Love and Hate Online : affective politics in the era of Trump / Greta Olson -- Satire and Affect : the case of Stefanie Sargnagel in Austria / Ann-Marie Riesner -- Ethical Implications of Onlife Vitriol / Katleen Gabriels and Marjolein Lanzing -- Activism and Online Vitriol. 'I Wasn't Chastised Properly' : on trolls and misogyny / Sophie Schwarz -- r/ChokeABitch : feminist tactics against hate speech in capitalist social media platforms / Penelope Kemekenidou -- Index

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 and countered in a post-truth world? This book unpicks discourses, metaphors, media dynamics, and framing on social media, to begin to answer these questions. Written for and by cultural and media studies scholars, journalists, political philosophers, digital communication professionals, activists and advocates, this book makes the connections between theoretical approaches from cultural and media studies and practical challenges and experiences 'from the field', providing insight into a rough media landscape