Gamergate: Predicting the Present

Geoffrey Rockwell; Robert Budac; Bettina Berendt; Florence Chee; Todd Suomela

Gamergate: Predicting the Present

Geoffrey Rockwell, Robert Budac, Bettina Berendt, Florence Chee, Todd Suomela

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Abstract

In August of 2014 a disgruntled ex-boyfriend of a female game designer posted a vicious diatribe on the net accusing her and the gaming media of corruption. This launched a culture war in the gaming community that played out on Twitter and elsewhere under the rubric #Gamergate. This paper will present key results from the study of the over 11 million tweets gathered.

Original language	American English
State	Published - Jul 2020
Event	DH 2020 - Ottawa, Canada Duration: Jul 1 2020 → …

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Conference	DH 2020
Period	7/1/20 → …

Keywords

Gamergate
Game studies
Social media

Disciplines

Social and Behavioral Sciences
Communication
Communication Technology and New Media

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