It Wasn’t Just the Trolls: Early Internet Culture, “Fun,” and the Fires of Exclusionary Laughter
When considering the extremist turn of the Trump-era internet, it is critical to interrogate the influence of subcultural trolling on and around 4chan from 2008 to 2012. The troll space isn’t the only space worth interrogating, however. During this same period, there was a marked overlap between sub...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2019-07-01
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| Series: | Social Media + Society |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305119849493 |