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Red Pilled - The Allure of Digital Hate
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Abstract Hate is being reinvented. Over the last two decades, online platforms have been used to repackage racist, sexist and xenophobic ideologies into new sociotechnical forms. Digital hate is ancient but novel, deploying the Internet to boost its allure and broaden its appeal. To understand the logic of h... view more
Hate is being reinvented. Over the last two decades, online platforms have been used to repackage racist, sexist and xenophobic ideologies into new sociotechnical forms. Digital hate is ancient but novel, deploying the Internet to boost its allure and broaden its appeal. To understand the logic of hate, the author investigates four objects: 8chan, the cesspool of the Internet, QAnon, the popular meta-conspiracy, Parler, a social media site, and Gab, the "platform for the people." Drawing together powerful human stories with insights from media studies, psychology, political science, and race and cultural studies, he portrays how digital hate infiltrates hearts and minds.... view less
Keywords
hate; Internet; digital media; social media; radicalization; political right; racism; xenophobia; sexism
Classification
Interactive, electronic Media
Media Contents, Content Analysis
Social Psychology
Free Keywords
Digital Technologies; Bigotry; Digitalization; Sociology of Media; Right-wing Extremism
Document language
English
Publication Year
2023
Publisher
Bielefeld University Press
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
203 p.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839466735
ISBN
978-3-8394-6673-5
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed