Searching for safety online: Managing "trolling" in a feminist forum

Information Society

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 371-384

  Herring, Susan ^a   Job Sluder, Kirk ^b   Scheckler, Rebecca ^c   Barab, Sasha ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CMC; Conflict management; Deception; Disruptive behavior; Feminism; Trolling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036815332     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972240290108186     Document Type: Article

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