TrollBusters: Fighting online harassment of women journalists

M Ferrier, N Garud-Patkar - Mediating misogyny: Gender, technology, and …, 2018 - Springer
For women journalists, online harassment may result in emotional stress and may require
legal and technological remedies to mitigate the damage caused to their identity and …

An Auto-netnographic Approach to Understanding Alternate Gaming Accounts: How Smurfing Impacts the Prosumer Experience in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

B McCauley - Journal of Electronic Gaming and Esports, 2023 - journals.humankinetics.com
Esport-based game titles, such as Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, represent platforms
where players simultaneously consume and produce content as prosumers. Through peer …

For honor, for toxicity: Detecting toxic behavior through gameplay

A Canossa, D Salimov, A Azadvar… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Is it possible to detect toxicity in games just by observing in-game behavior? If so, what are
the behavioral factors that will help machine learning to discover the unknown relationship …

Billy goats crossing the cyber-bridge: Interviews exploring the experiences, coping techniques, and intervention desires of in-game trolling targets

CL Cook, SYC Tang, JHT Lin - Communication Monographs, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Research into online trolling has been continuously expanding in the past decade.
However, much of this research has focused on either the person of the trolls themselves, or …

Gender differences in perceptions of trolling in livestream video broadcasting

PR Todd, J Melancon - Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social …, 2019 - liebertpub.com
Troll is a commonly used term for disinhibited individuals who create havoc as they lurk and
lash out with the purpose of disrupting the environment in online communities. This research …

Trolligans: Conceptual links between trolling and hooliganism in sports and esports

CL Cook, VM Karhulahti, G Harrison… - Communication & …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Both game-based trolling and hooliganism have existed in some form since the inception of
online gaming and professional sports respectively. The two share many characteristics …

The dynamics of collective social behavior in a crowd controlled game

A Aleta, Y Moreno - EPJ Data Science, 2019 - epjds.epj.org
Despite many efforts, the behavior of a crowd is not fully understood. The advent of modern
communication means has made it an even more challenging problem, as crowd dynamics …

Between a troll and a hard place: The demand framework's answer to one of gaming's biggest problems

CL Cook - Media and Communication, 2019 - cogitatiopress.com
The demand framework is commonly used by game scholars to develop new and innovative
ways to improve the gaming experience. However, the present article aims to expand this …

Cybervictimization, social, and financial strains influence internet trolling behaviors: a general strain theory perspective

NC Wilson… - Social Science Computer …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Internet trolling is a form of online aggression that can have negative psychological effects
on its victims. This study examines whether Internet trolling behaviors is related to general …

Playing Through the Pandemic: Gaming Usage as a Buffer During COVID-19

D Williams, M Liu, S Choi, N Bowman… - Games and …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Amidst the disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic, video games were used heavily,
presumably to help cope with negative moods and social isolation. This study sought to …