trolling
Engaged Reading Digest: the escalation of trolling to the global stage
If you were in any doubt that the fundamental tools of the online troll are now at play in global politics, the last week should have put paid to that.
X (Twitter)
Engaged Reading Digest: engaging ethically and slaying trolls
The best of the web on engaged journalism ethics, troll fighting and mentorships.
audience engagement
Engaged Reading Digest: constructive journalism, news moments, TikTok and trolls
Moving on from just reporting the problems, exposing new times for engaging with readers and more, in this selection of fine, artisanal links.
Engaged Reading Digest: Adobe's Reddit error, impact editing and good news for good news
Today's digital journalism digest: good news, new job roles and Reddit trolls
trolling
Meeting an islamophobic troll
What happens when a muslim writer meets his persistent troll? An insight into the way the lonely and struggling can be sucked in by a feeling that they are part of something special.
cyberattacks
An early sign of Russia’s infowars
I think we can safely file this 2016 New York Times piece [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/31/world/europe/russia-finland-nato-trolls.html] under the “we should have taken this more seriously” category: > But pro-Russian voices have become such a noisy and disruptive presence that both NATO and the
anonymity
When A Trump Troll Is Outed
Talking of trolling, the New Yorker published an interesting piece by Adrian Chen, looking at what happened when a pro-Trump Reddit-dwelling troll was suddenly brought into the glare of publicity when his Gif went viral — and his true identity was established. [https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/
community
What Makes A Troll A Troll?
Research shows that two factors predict trolling behavior.
community management
Video: Men read harassing tweets to female journalists' faces
This is uncomfortable viewing. Men – volunteers – read out nasty and harassing tweets targeted at female sports journalist – to those journalists. It starts off much lighter than it becomes later on. And then the guys get really uncomfortable with what they have to read out.An interesting way of showing the