Trolling asymmetry toward Republicans and Democrats and the shift from foreign to domestic trolling

IF 7.6 2区 管理学 Q1 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE
Pnina Fichman , Shohana Akter
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Abstract

Online trolling toward politicians is noticeable now more than ever before. The increase in online political discourse in recent years on one hand and the increased efforts to curb the spread of trolling and disinformation on the other hand may affect trolling in opposing direction. We examine how four trolling tactics toward politicians evolved between the 2016 and 2020 US presidential election cycles. We also examine the variations in trolling toward Democrat and Republican politicians in light of the asymmetric nature of American politics. Based on thematic content analysis of 9,461 comments on tweets posted by candidates from both parties, we found differences in the extent and style of trolling tactics between the two election cycles, with a significant increase in insulting. We also found trolling asymmetry in the extent and style of trolling comments toward Republicans and Democrats. Informed by theories of online disinhibition and ideological asymmetry, we discuss the trolling asymmetry, and we explain the change in the degree of trolling tactics over time in light of the shift from the Russian trolls to domestic trolling.

对共和党和民主党的不对称以及从国外到国内的转移
网上对政客的谩骂现在比以往任何时候都更加引人注目。近年来,网络政治话语的增加,以及遏制网络钓鱼和虚假信息传播的努力,可能会影响网络钓鱼朝着相反的方向发展。我们研究了2016年至2020年美国总统选举周期期间,针对政客的四种攻击策略是如何演变的。鉴于美国政治的不对称性,我们还研究了对民主党和共和党政客的攻击的变化。基于对两党候选人在推特上发表的9461条评论的主题内容分析,我们发现在两个选举周期之间,煽动策略的程度和风格存在差异,侮辱性言论显著增加。我们还发现,在针对共和党和民主党的谩骂评论的程度和风格上存在着不对称性。根据网络去抑制和意识形态不对称的理论,我们讨论了巨魔的不对称性,并解释了随着时间的推移,从俄罗斯巨魔到国内巨魔的转变,巨魔策略的程度发生了变化。
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Telematics and Informatics
Telematics and Informatics INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE-
CiteScore
17.00
自引率
4.70%
发文量
104
审稿时长
24 days
期刊介绍: Telematics and Informatics is an interdisciplinary journal that publishes cutting-edge theoretical and methodological research exploring the social, economic, geographic, political, and cultural impacts of digital technologies. It covers various application areas, such as smart cities, sensors, information fusion, digital society, IoT, cyber-physical technologies, privacy, knowledge management, distributed work, emergency response, mobile communications, health informatics, social media's psychosocial effects, ICT for sustainable development, blockchain, e-commerce, and e-government.
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