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EPISODE · Nov 1, 2023 · 55 MIN

Internet Trolls

from Why We Do What We Do · host Abraham

What makes someone a troll? We are all a little bit troll-y sometimes. We dive into how and why it works, when it is good and bad, and a brief history of trolls. Join us for the psychology of troll behavior. Recommendations Abraham: Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities (https://www.netflix.com/title/80209229) Shane: Blink 182 - One More Time… (https://open.spotify.com/album/1OteY9OFTmoZ0vmZT89wPd; https://music.apple.com/us/album/one-more-time/1707257664) Links and References: Cheng, J., Bernstein, M., Danescu-Niculescu-Mizil, C., & Leskovec, J. (2017). Anyone Can Become a Troll. In Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing. CSCW ’17: Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing. ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/2998181.2998213 https://apnews.com/article/biden-internet-broadband-bead-0b95fabd7f6833ce420c80d474a145a5 https://blog.hootsuite.com/how-to-deal-with-trolls-on-social-media/ https://computer.howstuffworks.com/troll.htm https://medium.com/dose/what-did-trolling-look-like-before-the-internet-cb42890265c0 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/why-we-do-what-we-do--3419521/support. Support our podcast: www.patreon.com/wwdwwdpodcast

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