Study reveals that internet trolls are just as mean in real life
Team Udayavani, Aug 30, 2021, 10:34 AM IST
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The study, from the political science division at Aarhus University, debunks the long-held concept that individuals are solely nasty whereas posting anonymously online.
The study, published in the American Political Science Review, found that people who are nice may choose to avoid all political discussions online — whether the forums are hostile or not.
The researchers did find that the hostility levels of online political discussions are worse than offline discussions, but that the frequency of behaviour was about the same online and in real life.
The study indicated that “aggression is not an accident triggered by unfortunate circumstances, but a strategy (hostile people) employ to get what they want including a feeling of status and dominance in online networks”.
As per the report, the researchers began the paper with an apparent dig at Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who was named the Time Magazine ‘Person of the Year’ in 2010.
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