*This book is written in Korean. Below is the introduction of the book translated into English. The original title of the book is ‘우리 모두 댓글 폭력의 공범이다’.
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Overview
Dissecting the Face of Hate: The Comment Section
Twenty years after its inception as an online public forum, the comment section has become the final frontier of hate culture, rife with red flags in both community and media discourse. In this post-truth era, the author delves into this uncomfortable truth and asks: Are abusers really monsters?
Having been a victim of comment attacks herself, the author shows us the current state of hate-filled comment threads in Korea. She explains how these threads are generated and spread, how they influence public opinion, and how they can be countered. She does all this through the eyes of a working journalist. This is the first book in Korea to provide a social analysis of comment culture and malicious online comments.
Contents
Chapter 1. Online commenting culture
A commenting forum gone bad
The reality and meaning of toxic comments