Bibliograph

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

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-223) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

This is why we can't have nice things

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

890310364

Responsibility statement

Whitney Phillips

Series statement

The information society series

Sub title

mapping the relationship between online trolling and mainstream culture

Table Of Contents

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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