Listen "The other side of trolling by Ying Wei | Students respond to SWARM Exhibition"
Episode Synopsis
How are internet trolls made? And can you mend your ways? Twelve years ago, Ying was part of an online group about a Japanese cartoon, Card Captor Sakura, where passions for the different characters ran high and... things were said. With distance (some regret) and perspective, Ying provides a meditation on how intensely polarised online groups are and how easily they can become swarms.
This podcast was created as part of the 2021 Journalism program at University of Melbourne, supervised by Louisa Lim. Students responded to themes in Science Gallery Melbourne's SWARM exhibition, a space that uncovers the very essence of human behaviour and questions what drives us to be social.
https://melbourne.sciencegallery.com/swarm
This podcast was created as part of the 2021 Journalism program at University of Melbourne, supervised by Louisa Lim. Students responded to themes in Science Gallery Melbourne's SWARM exhibition, a space that uncovers the very essence of human behaviour and questions what drives us to be social.
https://melbourne.sciencegallery.com/swarm