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Final Project- Why is it so easy for Internet trolls to be masked cyberbullies?

  Intro: The person I am planning to collect data from is my favorite social media influencer/vlogger, Kylie Ross. Kylie has two platforms that I follow which are Instagram and Youtube. I am personally not super big on Youtube, but I love to watch Kylie’s vlogs so I do like and subscribe to her Youtube channel. Since I am not very familiar with Youtube and Kylie Ross is the only person I am subscribed to, I thought it would be interesting to collect data from her Youtube channel. Method: Recently, in one of Kylie’s Instagram stories she mentioned how there are obviously haters and internet trolls, but that she found Youtube to be the absolute worst for her. With that being said, I want to analyze her critical comments on Youtube. My main question for this method is; why is it so easy for Internet trolls to be masked cyberbullies? I am going to choose five of her most popular vlogs. I am curious to see if these people have an actual username and a profile picture . The difference...