Online Trolling and Its Perpetrators

Online trolling and other deviant behaviors have always affected online communities. As online trolling becomes widely spread, myriad questions are raised, including: *Who is a troll and why do trolls troll? *What are the enabling factors of online trolling? *How do members and administrators of online communities detect, interpret, and react to trolling? How can online trolling be handled effectively? *What is the impact of the socio-cultural and technological environments on online trolling?*What motivates trolling? The book answers these questions and includes the following focuses:*Hard-core trolls and light trolls*Gender, trolling, and anti-social behavior online*Perception of trolling*Collaborative trolling*Ideological trolls*Trolling around the globe