300734 Zur digitalen Figur des Trolls (30-M35: Mediensoziologie) (S) (WiSe 2026/2027)
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Man kennt ihn als Hassakteur in Kommentarspalten. Sein schadenfrohes Lachen gerinnt in den Darstellungen eines hässlichen kleinen (grünen) Gnoms, der auf die Computertastatur einhackt. Doch der Troll ist mehr als ein ärgerlicher Störfaktor des Digitalen. Unser Seminar erarbeitet eine Sozialfigur (s. z.B. Moser & Schlechtriemen 2018), die durch Provokation und Normverletzung die Logik digitaler Öffentlichkeiten entlarvt. Dabei stellen wir uns drei zentralen Thesen:
(1) Als relationaler Normenbrecher macht der Troll implizite Regeln des Digitalen sichtbar,
(2) als Hacker der Aufmerksamkeitsökonomie sozialer Medien zeigt der Troll, wie Algorithmen Form über Inhalt stellen,
(3) als Katalysator hybrider Realitäten ist der Troll die soziale Manifestation einer postmodernen Moral Panic
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| Frequency | Weekday | Time | Format / Place | Period | |
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| weekly | Do | 12-14 | 12.10.2026-05.02.2027 |
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| Module | Course | Requirements | |
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| 30-M35 Specialisation Module Media Sociology | 1. Seminar | Study requirement
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| 2. Seminar | Study requirement
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| - | Graded examination | Student information |
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| Degree programme/academic programme | Validity | Variant | Subdivision | Status | Semester | LP | |
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| Studieren ab 50 |
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