User:Brustopher/GGAcademia

After looking thoroughly into this I have come to the conclusion that there is close to no academic work on GG yet. Instead I will be using this page as a general place to note stuff related to the article
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I am using this page to very slowly look through the academic sources, summarise them and eventually turn them into a draft. At this point, this is mostly for my own reference so apologies if it looks like gibberish. Heron Belford Goker People with genuine ethics concerns exist within gamergate but they're tarred by their association with a harassment campaign. Instead of dissociating they deny the harassment exists and claim its all made up. These sorts of denial "create an atmosphere where bad faith must be assumed Its harassment based origins "inoculate journalist outlets against valid criticism" this stuff about IRC folk being bastards.[1] thread bombing by IRC folks to overwhelm moderators and appear like a mass outrage. "Not all gamergaters" must be remembered that there are some moderates and they're not all scum. Gasser et al[2] "The post provokes a vitriolic campaign against Quinn that quickly morphs into a broader crusade against alleged corruption in games journalism. The movement, labeled #GamerGate, involves considerable abuse and harassment—including rape and death threats—of female developers and game critics." (not much in here)

"Objectivity" in game reviews

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