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The #GamerGate Files: Misogyny in the Media

The #GamerGate Files: Misogyny in the Media
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Author(s): Dustin Kidd (Temple University, USA)and Amanda J. Turner (Temple University, USA)
Copyright: 2016
Pages: 23
Source title: Defining Identity and the Changing Scope of Culture in the Digital Age
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Alison Novak (Rowan University, USA)and Imaani Jamillah El-Burki (Lehigh University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0212-8.ch008

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Abstract

The GamerGate controversy exploded in late 2014 and seemed to pit feminist game critics against misogynistic male gamers who were defending their territory. GamerGate has been filled with intense anger on all sides, and has even resulted in threats of murder and rape. This chapter attempts to explain why so much hostility erupted over what appears to some to be a feminist critique of gaming and to others to be a misogynist-gamer critique of feminism. At heart is a surprising debate about mainstream gaming vs. indie gaming, and discomfort over changes to the notion of what counts as gaming and who counts as a gamer. The authors use online ethnographic methods to piece together the various elements of this cultural narrative from the online and social media contexts where it unfolded.

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