Mechanisms of Exclusion: “We Are All Faceless Mobs Now, Dawg.”
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Mez Breeze examines the inner workings of our contemporary internet rage machine to identify its social and psychological causes.
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"Today’s online spaces are communication minefields. When interacting in multiplayer games or social media niches, networks come drenched in reactivity bile. And although we might seem to bile-dilute, instead we intellectually saw at each other through a polite veneer. Here, civil discourse is label-trotted. Discourse bile may also erupt in balls-to-the-wall screaming matches. Such bouts involve trollbaiting, d0xxing, and Internet Rage Machine power-ups. Whatever the magnitude/form, online dialogues appear to be flooded with antagonistic commentary."
Mechanisms of Exclusion: “We Are All Faceless Mobs Now, Dawg.”
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