The Phenomenon of Trolling in Modern Media: Issues of the Nature, Ethics and Legislation

Student: Klygina Margarita

Educational Programme: Journalism (Bachelor)

Year of Graduation: 2018

Trolling is the kind of aggressive practice in the digital enironment and it is also the new multidisciplinary scientific phenomenon, which is now studied all over the world. Some researchers claim that such form of cyber-behavior is destructive and it influences public online discussion negatively. This study is an attempt to unite the Russian media experience of interactions with cyber-trolls, and then reveal tools, which new media can use to regulate trolls' behavior successfully. The research will be based on analysing historical backgroung of the trolling phenomenon, case-study and the expert interviews with the workers of Russian new media. Keywords: trolling, digital aggression, verbal aggression, journalism ethics, new media ethics

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