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Developing and Validating the “This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things Scale”: Optimising Political Online Communities for Internet Trolling

Developing and Validating the “This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things Scale”: Optimising Political Online Communities for Internet Trolling

Jonathan Bishop
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 25
ISBN13: 9781522518624|ISBN10: 1522518622|EISBN13: 9781522518631
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-1862-4.ch010
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Bishop, Jonathan. "Developing and Validating the “This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things Scale”: Optimising Political Online Communities for Internet Trolling." Politics, Protest, and Empowerment in Digital Spaces, edited by Yasmin Ibrahim, IGI Global, 2017, pp. 153-177. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1862-4.ch010

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Bishop, J. (2017). Developing and Validating the “This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things Scale”: Optimising Political Online Communities for Internet Trolling. In Y. Ibrahim (Ed.), Politics, Protest, and Empowerment in Digital Spaces (pp. 153-177). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1862-4.ch010

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Bishop, Jonathan. "Developing and Validating the “This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things Scale”: Optimising Political Online Communities for Internet Trolling." In Politics, Protest, and Empowerment in Digital Spaces, edited by Yasmin Ibrahim, 153-177. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1862-4.ch010

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Abstract

Internet trolling describe the posting of any content on the Internet which is provocative or offensive, which is different from the original meaning online in the 1990s, referring to the posting of messages for humourous effect. Those systems operators (sysops) who run online communities are being targeted because of abuse posted on their platforms. Political discussion groups are some of the most prone to trolling, whether consensual or unwanted. Many such websites ara open for anyone to join, meaning when some members post messages they know are offensive but legal, others might find grossly offensive, meaning these messages could be illegal. This paper develops a questionnaire called the This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things Scale (TIWWCHNT-20), which aims to help sysops better plan the development of online communities to take account of different users' capacity to be offended, and for users to self-assess whether they will be suited to an online community. The scale is discussed in relation to different Internet posting techniques where different users will act differently.

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