Fighting trolls: Creating positive online spaces for geeks
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Thursday September 6, 2018 - 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Geeks fighting online has become a trope. It's almost assumed that for every movie, news story, scandal, or game: there will be anger across Reddit, Twitter, Facebook and across the internet in general. But it doesn't have to be that way. Carrie Rogers-Whitehead runs Digital Respons-Ability which teaches students, parents and teachers digital citizenship, which includes communicating online. This research-based presentation will delve into the WHYs of online behavior, and include a facilitated discussion from the audience. WHY do we have trolls? WHY do geeks police others? And finally, a HOW: How can we all be better citizens online?
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