Mechanisms of Exclusion: “We Are All Faceless Mobs Now, Dawg.” New article on Furtherfield by Mez Breeze.
Mez Breeze examines the inner workings of our contemporary internet rage machine to identify its social and psychological causes. "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." http://www.furtherfield.org/features/articles/mechanisms-of-exclusion
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