Learning in a digital age/LiDA102/Societal issues/Internet trolling

Sometimes trolls live under bridges. But not everyone living under a bridge is a troll.

It is estimated that that the Internet has about 3.17 billion users, almost half the population of the world (Smith 2016 ). With the growing number of internet and social media users, we are witnessing an increase in antisocial behaviour online.

In this section, we explore the phenomenon of internet trolling and strategies for managing this disruptive online behaviour taking the communication context into account.

Read the following definition:
 * Internet troll
 * An Internet troll is a person who sows discord on the Internet by starting arguments or upsetting people, by posting inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community (such as a newsgroup, forum, chat room, or blog) with the intent of provoking readers into an emotional response, or of otherwise disrupting normal, on-topic discussion, primarily for the troll's own amusement.