Academics on Why Trolls Troll
We’re at a stage in the internet where trolling is ubiquitous and expected. So, naturally, the Academy has decided to weigh in. Probably in the most troll-able way possible. Claire Hardaker, a lecturer at Lancaster University in the Department of Linguistics and English Language, presented her paper, Trolling in Asynchronous Computer-Mediated Communication, at the Linguistic…
