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In lieu of GamerGate, misogyny in gaming culture is being brought to the forefront of popular mainstream media. Misogyny has long been an issue for female gamers but misogyny isn’t the only issue that gamers face. There is also a culture of homophobia, sexism, and racism in the gaming community. Women who criticize these aspects of gaming culture are why internet trolls create movements such as GamerGate. Gaming companies such as GiantBomb and news outlets such as CNN and MSNBC who normally sit…

wikileaks. The attacks done by this group have been so widely recognized that they were even covered on multiple news outlets such as FOX and the BBC. Heralded as heroes by users of the image board 4chan and ridiculed as “an…

abuse, protesting police atrocities, questioning and exposing the arm-twisting techniques of the Rich peoples, safeguarding the activists, advertising cyber security threats, and attacking the attackers – the terrorists. Anonymous was born out of 4Chan, a forum popular hackers and gamers, in 2003. However, that loose band of people has…

conspiracy theory, we see advocated discover ground breaking evidence, and time after time it is shown to be our-right false, a misrepresentation or just wrong. If something seems crazy, it probably is. If something id only advocated by internet trolls on 4chan and Reddit, it is probably because there is no evidence to it. Believe it or not, actual journalists want to break groundbreaking stories—if there was actual evidence behind conspiratorial nonsense, they would be on its case. For…

Who are those that form Anonymous? This name entered into people's consciousness for several years now on and has been circulated all over the news lately after international hackers group Anonymous declared war on the Islamic state after the attacks in Paris. The word “Anonymous” is associated with the international group formed of hackers and activists and their name has become synonymous with cyber-attacks and protests. They have no legal organization, no party or NGO, or even meet…

anti-statist or service attacker in their online culture” (Krauth). Alinta tells of the hidden lives, many lead on the World Wide Web and, how they can mysteriously hide in on various websites. In the Digital World, there lies a website listed as 4chan. Krauth found that…

One of the essential motifs of medieval outlaw heroes is the motif of the Greenwood. The outlaw separates himself from society by living in the woods, enjoying a sort of Edenic paradise free from the corrupt laws of society. There, the outlaw can do what he pleases, usually accompanied by a band of merry men. Modern-day outlaw group Anonymous too has its own Greenwood. Unlike the physical Greenwoods of the medieval outlaws, however, Anonymous' Greenwood is the Internet, and, once the computer is…

strangers and tourists/strangers as the article liked to call them. The authors of this article used many methods to find Facebook memorial pages to use for the study like searching for RIP in the Facebook search bar, searching google and looking at 4chan. 4chan was the most notable site mentioned in this article when looking for information concerning bullying or trolls. As…

In his satirical folk song “Talkin’ Seattle Grunge Rock Blues”, Todd Snider said the alternative to alternative was a band that wasn’t even together. However, with the internet becoming such a creative force, the alternative to alternative has become more than a joke. With the advent of the internet, new genres are birthed and begin to gain popularity daily, most without any trace of a record label to their names. The term “Indie used to mean without a record deal, all by themselves”, but was…

The Modern-Day Peacemaker A magical place filled with infinite knowledge. A place where no one has a face, and you may become anyone you would ever want. This place is much to demotic for a fairy tale or a child’s story. The modern-day Peacemaker, the great library of the twenty-first century. A place that changed my life for the better, that gave me purpose. This place led me out of the thick web of depression, constant real-world problems and even lead me to make friends. This place has…