Gaming democracy : how Silicon Valley leveled up the Far Right

Gaming democracy how Silicon Valley leveled up the Far Right

The game according to Silicon Valley -- From #Gamergate to the "Alt-Right" -- Geek masculinity and the cult(ure) of tech -- Reddit's love affair with r/the_Donald -- Metagaming democracy.

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1. Verfasser: Massanari, Adrienne L. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England The MIT Press 2024
Schriftenreihe:media studies/political science
Schlagworte:
Video games > Authorship > Social aspects > Politics in social media > Right-wing extremists > Conservatism > Radicalism > White nationalism > White supremacy movements > Antisemitism > Islamophobia
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Zusammenfassung:The game according to Silicon Valley -- From #Gamergate to the "Alt-Right" -- Geek masculinity and the cult(ure) of tech -- Reddit's love affair with r/the_Donald -- Metagaming democracy.
"This book reveals how play and gaming culture have been used by individuals and groups to mainstream far-right ideology through social media platforms. Focusing on the design of platforms like Reddit, Twitter (now X), and Facebook, Massanari shows how they have amplified and mainstreamed the political right and its loose coalition of misogynists, incels, white nationalists, extremist ideologues, anti-Semites, and Islamophobes"--
Beschreibung:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 185-214, Index
Beschreibung:xii, 226 Seiten
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ISBN:9780262549417
978-0-262-54941-7