Week 5: Crystal Abidin
1. Watch The Video Lecture |
In this lecture, Crystal Abidin, a digital anthropologist, walks us through a Facebook-specific troll group called SMRT Feedback Ltd. The narrative that Crystal tells involves the establishment and subsequent scalar global networked growth of this group alongside the various initiatives and causes that the group pursued. In an intriguing turn, Crystal then describes how one of the founding members of the anonymous group identified himself publicly and used the popular success of the group to leverage a career in internet marketing. In this reversal, the anti-establishment dissident uses the success of his activities to get a toe-hold in a commercial industry.
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