Cyber Troops in Networked KoreaMain MenuPrologue: A Declaration of the Independence of CyberspacePrologue: Myth of Free SpeechCourse DescriptionGenealogy of Comment Troops in KoreaTeam Alpha in Spring 2008NIS Cyber Squad in 2009-2012Formalizing comment troops as a subunit of NISSip-Al-Dan in 2012Smear political campaign by comment troops in 2012Wedge-Driving Twitter Rumors in 2013Propaganda rumors during sabre-rattling with N. Korea in 2013Characteristics of Comment Troops in South KoreaReferencesK. Hazel Kwon1b817f2c0ff691848388b7520736084cfe07409d
ILBE Anonymous
12018-05-18T02:19:53-07:00K. Hazel Kwon1b817f2c0ff691848388b7520736084cfe07409d303619The site on screen is "ilbe.com," an anonymous discussion forum site. The content is similar to what is found in the "8chan" community in the US. Ilbe is notorious for manipulative comments and trolling in Korea.plain2019-06-28T21:24:30-07:00Ronae Matriano8ed24d71e6036affdb22f6e2fd0ec83a8e515e95
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12018-05-18T02:10:37-07:00Genealogy of Comment Troops in Korea22timeline2019-06-17T19:52:32-07:00 According to Marwick and Lewis (2017), media manipulators are motivated by a combination of ideology, money, and status/attention. These motivations characterize manipulative digital spaces in South Korea, too.
Organized trolls, so-called "comment troops," demonstrate the ways in which these motivations interplay to manipulate public opinion climates for political imperatives.
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