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amanda brennan

Anonymous: From the Lulz to Collective Action | The New Everyday - 1 views

mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/...onymous-lulz-collective-action

anonymous 4chan trolling action politics scientology lulz social media irc

shared by amanda brennan on 17 Jun 11 - No Cached
  • amanda brennan on 17 Jun 11
     
    This is an article about Anonymous, a group that stemmed from the website 4chan, and how they went from posting silly cat videos to organizing scientology protests and taking down sites that refused to support WikiLeaks after last year's scandal.  It also looks at power and authority structures within the nameless group
Jeanine Finn

4chanomics - 0 views

www.slate.com/2297492

4chan message boards community culture

shared by Jeanine Finn on 30 Jun 11 - No Cached
  • Jeanine Finn on 30 Jun 11
     
    What the influential, hilarious, revolting message board teaches us about Internet culture.
  • Jeanine Finn on 30 Jun 11
     
    This summarizes a recent academic study published by AAAI (the article contains a link to the full paper) in which the authors analyzed 6 million posts to the 4chan /b/ message board (6 million posts....the mind boggles) to see how anonymity and memes can create "internet culture." If there is such a thing. I'm not sure....
  • Daniel Huang on 30 Jun 11
     
    After some deliberation, I think I actually prefer 4chan to Facebook. Anonymity breeds freedom in a sense.
amanda brennan

Searching for Safety Online: Managing "Trolling" in a Feminist Forum - 3 views

scholarworks.iu.edu/...WP02-03B.html

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shared by amanda brennan on 08 Jun 11 - No Cached
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  • amanda brennan on 08 Jun 11
     
    Really great working paper on trolling in a feminist forum -- what do communities do when outsiders attempt to derail conversation by intentionally trying to start arguements and cause rifts in the community.  A case study of two incidents within the same message board.
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  • Mary Beth Davis on 08 Jun 11
     
    I first came across this "trolling" term when I had to sign up for Second Life for one of the first classes I took. What an introduction to Social Media that was!
  • Jeanine Finn on 08 Jun 11
     
    Thanks -- this is good. It's interesting that they seem to recommend a more pro-active stance towards trolling. It feels somewhat counter-intuitive to me, but some of the best forums I participate in are pretty seriously moderated with little tolerance for the inane or offensive.
  • Daniel Huang on 08 Jun 11
     
    I should note that this isn't necessarily done to be inflammatory or to attack someone, but some people do this "for fun." I think it's "fun" when you're a younger teen trying to be snarky (in his eyes at least). From what I gather the "fun" is in making people jump through hoops for you. Kind of like poking the glass of the fishbowl and making the goldfish freak out.
  • Melissa Mijares on 09 Jun 11
     
    Thank you for this, Amanda! I'm thinking about doing my project on interactions in niche online communities (like Reddit, fitness forums, and the mommyblog world), and trolling is a phenomenon that I definitely want to explore.
  • amanda brennan on 09 Jun 11
     
    Oh rad! I was thinking about focusing on trolling specifically for my project. I've actually done a little research on Anonymous/4chan too if you ever want to share sources!
  • Amanda Riegel on 16 Jun 11
     
    Started laughing when I saw that they did a study on trolling, so I had to read the article. Really interesting piece on technology and gender.
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