Computer-Mediated Communication and The Public Sphere: A Critical Analysis

By Lincoln Dahlberg. J. Comput. Mediat. Commun., 2006

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Trolling in asynchronous computer-mediated communication: From user discussions to academic definitions (2010, background): “Meanwhile Donath (1999) and Dahlberg (2001) add a further aspect to this and suggest that trolling is a one-sided game of deception played on unwit-ting others who assume that the troller is sincere when, in fact, she is not: “The troll attempts to pass as a legitimate participant, sharing the…”
Social media as a catalyst for online deliberation? Exploring the affordances of Facebook and YouTube for political expression (2013, methodology): “…recognized in these types of tools a more appropriate medium for deliberation than synchronous channels (Coleman & Gotze, 2001) because they provide users a tool to compose messages at their own pace, constituting a more favorable channel for a rational–critical form of debate (Dahlberg, 2001).”
We Are Dynamo: Overcoming Stalling and Friction in Collective Action for Crowd Workers (2015, background): “Researchers have found that members of online-only communities may struggle to achieve trust [6].”
The landscape of impoliteness research (2015, neutral): “A few authors (Donath 1999; Dahlberg 2001; Hardaker 2010) also observe that trolling typically involves deception, since a troll very frequently pretends to share the group’s concerns while aiming to disrupt the ongoing discussion.”