Gaming democracy : how Silicon Valley leveled up the far right /
"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 p...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England :
The MIT Press,
[2024]
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| Summary: | "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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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 226 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780262380324 (electronic bk.) 0262380323 9780262380331 0262380331 |