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The article opens with the definition of the topic in terms of internet slang. Contents of the article include things such as usage, origin and etymology, trolling, identity, and anonymity, corporate, political, and special-interest sponsored trolls, psychological characteristic, concern troll, troll sites, media coverage and controversy, examples, etc. Internet trolls and trolling have become prominent now that the internet and other media platforms have become more popular. Therefore there are still aspects that can be analyzed about this topic.

The term troll, both in the noun and the verb forms are associated with Internet discourse. Media attention in recent years has equated trolling with online harassment. Trolling itself has become its own form of internet subculture and has developed its own set of rituals, rules, specialized language, and dedicated spaces of practice.

The appeal of trolling primarily comes from the thrill of how long one can keep the ruse going before getting caught, and exposed as a troll. When understood this way, internet trolls are less like vulgar, indiscriminate bullies, and closer to countercultural respondents to a (so called) overly sensitive public.

There are two types of opinion manipulation trolls: paid trolls and mentioned trolls. Some ways to identify trolls are to utilize intelligence information, or leaked information, to make comparisons between suspected trolls and reliable sources.

Social media has become a place for discussion and debate on controversial topics and, thus, provides an opportunity to influence public opinion. This possibility has given rise to a specific behavior known as trolling, which is something seen more within popular online culture.^[1] Social media itself has become a public sphere and is now integrated into the lives of a majority of the postmodern world.

^ Laaksonen, Camilla; Jalonen, Harri; Paavola, Jarkko (2014), "Utilising Social Media for Intervening and Predicting Future Health in Societies", Communications in Computer and Information Science, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 100–108, retrieved 2021-10-11

Bibliography

Coleman, E. Gabriella. "Phreaks, Hackers, and Trolls: The Politics of Transgression and Spectacle." The Social Media Reader, New York University Press, 2012, pp. 99-119. https://archive.org/details/TheSocialMediaReader/
Biały, B. (2017). Social Media—From Social Exchange to Battlefield. The Cyber Defense Review, 2(2), 69–90. http://www.jstor.org/stable/26267344
Paavola, J., Helo, T., Jalonen, H., Sartonen, M., & Huhtinen, A.-M. (2016). Understanding the Trolling Phenomenon: The Automated Detection of Bots and Cyborgs in the Social Media. Journal of Information Warfare, 15(4), 100–111. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26487554

[1] Laaksonen, Camilla; Jalonen, Harri; Paavola, Jarkko (2014), "Utilising Social Media for Intervening and Predicting Future Health in Societies", Communications in Computer and Information Science, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 100–108, retrieved 2021-10-11

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+DRAFT READY FOR REVIEW[[File:Internet Troll.jpg|thumb|A meme depicting the behavior of an internet troll]]
 The article opens with the definition of the topic in terms of [[internet slang]]. Contents of the article include things such as usage, origin and etymology, trolling, identity, and anonymity, corporate, political, and special-interest sponsored trolls, psychological characteristic, concern troll, troll sites, media coverage and controversy, examples, etc. Internet trolls and trolling have become prominent now that the internet and other media platforms have become more popular. Therefore there are still aspects that can be analyzed about this topic.
 The term troll, both in the noun and the verb forms are associated with Internet discourse. Media attention in recent years has equated trolling with [[online harassment]]. Trolling itself has become its own form of internet subculture and has developed its own set of rituals, rules, specialized language, and dedicated spaces of practice.
 The appeal of trolling primarily comes from the thrill of how long one can keep the ruse going before getting caught, and exposed as a troll. When understood this way, internet trolls are less like vulgar, indiscriminate bullies, and closer to countercultural respondents to a (so called) overly sensitive public.
+There are two types of opinion manipulation trolls: paid trolls and mentioned trolls. Some ways to identify trolls are to utilize intelligence information, or leaked information, to make comparisons between suspected trolls and reliable sources.
 [[Social media]] has become a place for discussion and debate on controversial topics and, thus, provides an opportunity to influence public opinion. This possibility has given rise to a specific behavior known as trolling, which is something seen more within popular online culture.<ref>{{Citation|last=Laaksonen|first=Camilla|title=Utilising Social Media for Intervening and Predicting Future Health in Societies|date=2014|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10211-5_11|work=Communications in Computer and Information Science|pages=100–108|place=Cham|publisher=Springer International Publishing|access-date=2021-10-11|last2=Jalonen|first2=Harri|last3=Paavola|first3=Jarkko}}</ref> Social media itself has become a public sphere and is now integrated into the lives of a majority of the postmodern world.