EPISODE · Apr 30, 2015 · 57 MIN
Embedding With the Internet's Worst Trolls
from Radio Motherboard
Why would someone willingly spend years hanging out with people who make fun of recently dead teens? To write a book about the experience, of course. Motherboard meets Whitney Phillips, a Humboldt State University researcher and author of 'This is Why We Can't Have Nice Things,' an academic look at why internet trolls act the way they do. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Why would someone willingly spend years hanging out with people who make fun of recently dead teens? To write a book about the experience, of course. Motherboard meets Whitney Phillips, a Humboldt State University researcher and author of 'This is Why We Can't Have Nice Things,' an academic look at why internet trolls act the way they do. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Embedding With the Internet's Worst Trolls
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