Uncovering online commenting culture : trolls, fanboys and lurkers /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barnes, Renee (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]
Series:Palgrave pivot.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Tables; Chapter 1: Hitch Up the Wagon: Charting the Online Commenting Landscape; Mapping the Boundaries; Understanding Online Discussion; The Outlaws; Tracing Online Relationships; The Online Community; Trading in Social Capital; A Role for the Landscape; Conclusion: Understanding Commenting Behaviour Is Contingent upon Placing Them in a Community; References; Chapter 2: You Either Love It or You Hate It! The Emotional and Affective Factors of Commenting; Co-opting, Creative Production and Spreadability; Belonging and Identity
  • Pleasure and PlayAffective Investment; The Anti-fan and the Non-fan; Conclusion: Finding the Fan in Comments; References; Chapter 3: The Online/Offline Life; The Practice of Commenting; Time and Space; The Institution and the Individual; The Audience Problem; High and Low Self-Monitoring Individuals; Algorithms as Social Convenors; Conclusion: The Online/Offline Nexus; References; Chapter 4: A Neurotic Extravert with a Pinch of Conscientiousness? How Personality Informs Commenting Behaviours; Big Five Personality Traits; Personality and Motivations for Online Engagement
  • Personality and Participatory BehavioursTypes of Online Comments and Personality; Personality and Institutional Factors; Conclusion: The Big Pictureâ#x80;#x94;Personality and Commenting; References; Chapter 5: Lessons from #Gamergate; #Gamergate; Game Publishersâ#x80;#x99; Institutional Responses to Harassment; How Individual Gamers Manage Harassment; Collective Action: A Tool for Combating Harassment; Conclusion: Lessons from #Gamergateâ#x80;#x94;A Role for the Institution and the Individual; References; Chapter 6: Conclusion: A Participatory Model for Understanding Commenting Culture
  • Online CommunitiesEmotion and Affect; The Offline World; Personality; Ban the Trolls! Creating Safer and Kinder Online Communities; Conclusion: Towards a More Harmonious and Inclusive Commenting Culture; References; Index