This is why we can't have nice things : mapping the relationship between online trolling and mainstream culture

This is why we can't have nice things Mapping the relationship between online trolling and mainstream culture

Whitney Phillips, 1983-

Book - 2015

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Subjects
Online chat groups > Moral and ethical aspects.
Online identities > Moral and ethical aspects.
Online etiquette > Social aspects.
Internet > Social aspects.
Internet > Moral and ethical aspects.
Internet users.
Published
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press [2015]
Language
English
Main Author
Whitney Phillips, 1983- (-)
Physical Description
xi, 237 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-223) and index.
ISBN
9780262028943
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • I. Subcultural Origins, 2003-2007
  • 1. Defining Terms: The Origins and Evolution of Subcultural Trolling
  • 2. The Only Reason to Do Anything: Lulz, Play, and the Mask of Trolling
  • 3. Toward a Method/ology
  • II. The "Golden Years," 2008-2011
  • 4. The House That Fox Built: Anonymous, Spectacle, and Cycles of Amplification
  • 5. LOLing at Tragedy: Facebook Trolls, Memorial Pages, and the Business of Mass-Mediated Disaster Narratives
  • 6. Race and the No-Spin Zone: The Thin Line between Trolling and Corporate Punditry
  • 7. Dicks Everywhere: The Cultural Logics of Trolling
  • III. The Transitional Period, 2012-2015
  • 8. The Lulz Are Dead, Long Live the Lulz: From Subculture to Mainstream
  • 9. Where Do We Go from Here? The Importance of Spinning Endlessly
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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