Dogpiling (Internet)
Dogpiling, or dog-piling is a form of
flaming, doxing (online release of personal information without consent), impersonation, and public shaming.[2][3] Dog-pilers often focus on harassing, exposing, or punishing a target for an opinion that the group does not agree with, or just simply for the sake of being a bully and targeting a victim.[3] Participants use criticism and/or insults [3][4][5] to target a single person.[6] In some definitions, it also includes sending private messages.[7]
History
Today, the use of dog-pile is most popular in terms of the internet in the form of online harassment. For example, the term dog-piling is used in reference to the
See also
- Bandwagon effect
- Cyberbullying
- Flaming (Internet)
- Gamergate
- Internet troll
- Mental health
- Online shaming
References
- ^ "dog-pile". Dictionary.com. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
- ^ "When Online Harassment is Perceived as Justified". Archived from the original on 2020-09-18.
- ^ a b c "Defining Online Harassment". 11 April 2018. Archived from the original on 2019-07-03.
- ^ Blackwell, Lindsay; Chen, Tianying; Schoenebeck, Sarita; Lampe, Cliff (2018). "When Online Harassment Is Perceived as Justified (Proceedings of the Twelfth International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM 2018))". Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence - aaai.org. Archived from the original on 2020-09-18. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
- UNODC. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
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- ^ Young, Cathy (2015-10-13). "Blame GamerGate's Bad Rep on Smears and Shoddy Journalism". Observer. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
- ^ Sarkeesian, Anita (2019-12-23). "Anita Sarkeesian looks back at GamerGate". Polygon. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
- S2CID 147383984.
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