Gaming democracy : how Silicon Valley leveled up the Far Right

Gaming democracy How Silicon Valley leveled up the Far Right

Adrienne Lynne Massanari

Book - 2024

"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"--

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Subjects
Video games > Authorship.
Video games > Social aspects.
Politics in social media.
Right-wing extremists > United States.
Conservatism > United States.
Radicalism > United States.
White nationalism > United States.
White supremacy movements > United States.
Antisemitism > United States.
Islamophobia > United States.
Published
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press [2024]
Language
English
Main Author
Adrienne Lynne Massanari (author)
Physical Description
xii, 226 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
9780262549417
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. The Game According to Silicon Valley
  • 2. From # Gamergate to the Alt-Right
  • 3. Geek Masculinity and the Cult(ure) of Tech
  • 4. Reddit's Love Affair with R/The_Donald
  • 5. Metagaming Democracy
  • Appendix: Timeline of Events
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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