Source: http://brainblogger.com/2016/06/02/cyber-psychology-part-ii-dealing-with-the-dark-mind-of-internet-trolls/
In a bid to develop tools to recognize and filter out trolling or other negative messages, research has been gradually developing strategies to detect and predict trolls, from use of poor punctuation and spelling to negative content.
Delving deeper, scientific research is providing a glimpse into the psyche of the elusive cyber beast known as the Internet troll, and importantly, identifying effective ways to deal with them.
Defining trolls and trolling
Trolling, in some countries, is considered criminal. In the UK for example, the equivalent of five trolls per day were convicted in 2014, 155 of them are even doing jail time for online trolling abuse. The UK law states that it is a crime to send an online message or other material that is:
grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character
Basically, trolling is where posts that are unpleasant, offensive or inappropriate are used to upset and…
Source: http://brainblogger.com/2016/06/02/cyber-psychology-part-ii-dealing-with-the-dark-mind-of-internet-trolls/
In a bid to develop tools to recognize and filter out trolling or other negative messages, research has been gradually developing strategies to detect and predict trolls, from use of poor punctuation and spelling to negative content.
Delving deeper, scientific research is providing a glimpse into the psyche of the elusive cyber beast known as the Internet troll, and importantly, identifying effective ways to deal with them.
Defining trolls and trolling
Trolling, in some countries, is considered criminal. In the UK for example, the equivalent of five trolls per day were convicted in 2014, 155 of them are even doing jail time for online trolling abuse. The UK law states that it is a crime to send an online message or other material that is:
grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character
Basically, trolling is where posts that are unpleasant, offensive or inappropriate are used to upset and…
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