Trolling as provocation: YouTube's agonistic publics

Convergence

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 201-217

  McCosker, Anthony ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agonistic pluralism; Digital citizenship; Disaster; Flash mob; Provocation; Publics; Social media; Trolling; YouTube

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899507354     PISSN: 13548565     EISSN: 17487382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354856513501413     Document Type: Article

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