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Online forums and comment sections seem to be a cesspool of the worst of humanity. But are online news trolls as bad as we think?
Maite Taboada, professor in the Department of Linguistics and director at the Discourse Processing Lab at Simon Fraser University joined Angela to discuss how online comment sections can innoculate themselves against trolls.
By Corus RadioOnline forums and comment sections seem to be a cesspool of the worst of humanity. But are online news trolls as bad as we think?
Maite Taboada, professor in the Department of Linguistics and director at the Discourse Processing Lab at Simon Fraser University joined Angela to discuss how online comment sections can innoculate themselves against trolls.

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