Strategie językowe trolli internetowych
Linguistic Strategies of Internet Trolls

Author(s): Jadwiga Tarsa
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Media studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: linguistic strategies; electronic media; trolling
Summary/Abstract: The anonymity of Internet users very often leads to the violation of netiquette rules. One of the groups of Internet users who violate the commonly accepted ways of communicating on the Internet are trolls posting provocative commentaries to start conflict. The most frequent result of their attempts is flame, which is a serious Internet argument loaded with spite. Among linguistic strategies used by trolls are the following: posting commentaries with a lot of intentionally misspelled words, generalizability, use of negative stereotypes, off-topic commentaries (that is starting threads unrelated to the topic of the article or post), emphasizing their own high material status, and disparagement of other Internet users.

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