Using genre theory to understand Internet trolling in various online communities: Representations of Wales … Citation Bishop, J. (2012). Using genre theory to understand Internet trolling in various online communities: Representations of Wales in transgressive humour on the World Wide Web. Published in the Proceedings of WORLDCOMP’12.
Research Articles
The Psychology of Trolling and Lurking: The Role of Defriending and Gamification for Increasing Participation in Online Communities Using Seductive Narratives
The Psychology of Trolling and Lurking: The Role of Defriending and Gamification for Increasing Participati… Citation Bishop, J. (2013). The Psychology of Trolling and Lurking: The Role of Defriending and Gamification for Increasing Participation in Online Communities Using Seductive Narratives. In: J. Bishop (Ed.) Examining the Concepts, Issues, and Implications of Internet Trolling. IGI Global.
Online Empathy
This article by Crocels researcher Niki Lambropoulos discusses online empathy in general and the way trolls as “player characters” have low ‘faction.’
Increasing Capital Revenue in Social Networking Communities: Building Social and Economic Relationships through Avatars and Characters
This article by Crocels researcher Jonathan Bishop, shows empirical evidence from an ethnography into online communities which verifies the existence of Trolls as playful characters. Building Social and Economic Relationships through Avatars and Characters
