HOW DO THE FACULTY MEMBERS GO FOR TROLLS? A VIEW FROM AN EMERGING COUNTRY

KUZU DEMİR E. B., MERCİMEK B., DULKADİR YAMAN N., ODABAŞI H. F.

TURKISH ONLINE JOURNAL OF DISTANCE EDUCATION, cilt.18, sa.3, ss.66-83, 2017 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 18 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2017
  • Doi Numarası: 10.17718/tojde.328935
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH ONLINE JOURNAL OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.66-83
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Trolling, social media, faculty members, computer-mediated communication, ONLINE
  • Anadolu Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This paper focuses on the findings of an exploratory, qualitative phenomenological study and investigates opinions and evaluations of faculty members about trolls encountered in social media and mass medium. The research was carried out in Anadolu University in Turkey. A total of 18 faculty members from 9 faculties in 12 different departments responded to 4 interview questions. Faculty members' views on trolls were elicited through 2 rounds of semi-structured focus group interviews. Findings were based on content analyses of interview transcripts. Results are presented in four categories which emerged from perceptions, strategies, incidences and feelings. Trolls' aims and their success in doing so when it comes to the research group are discussed. This research concludes that purity, hazard and intelligence of trolls are still dubious facts for the Anadolu University faculty members.