Unsurprising, given how much of the hatred revolved around misogyny and racism. I'm reading through the study itself, and I'm glad it's willing to be frank with what it's saying: I just realized...
Unsurprising, given how much of the hatred revolved around misogyny and racism.
I'm reading through the study itself, and I'm glad it's willing to be frank with what it's saying:
They saw its arguments for equality of gender, race and class as a new, leftist takeover
of Star Wars, even though Star Wars has always been politically left-leaning.
I just realized that I've been identifying "talking points" for years now. I've often assumed there was some central source of the information, like a YouTube video or a thread on some chan. Recognizing that these could simply be paid trolls is enlightening.
I have maybe a crazy idea but what if it's Russia who propels a lot of similarly titled news lately, so people would become fed up and sympathise Russia (which is its goal)
I have maybe a crazy idea but what if it's Russia who propels a lot of similarly titled news lately, so people would become fed up and sympathise Russia (which is its goal)
Seems like a dangerous gamble, besides Russia didn't use outlets like Mashable to propagate it's news. They used twitter and/or curated sites and Facebook groups, I wouldn't put it past them to...
Seems like a dangerous gamble, besides Russia didn't use outlets like Mashable to propagate it's news. They used twitter and/or curated sites and Facebook groups, I wouldn't put it past them to try and work their influence in through more serious media outlets but it clearly wasn't their initial angle.
Unsurprising, given how much of the hatred revolved around misogyny and racism.
I'm reading through the study itself, and I'm glad it's willing to be frank with what it's saying:
I just realized that I've been identifying "talking points" for years now. I've often assumed there was some central source of the information, like a YouTube video or a thread on some chan. Recognizing that these could simply be paid trolls is enlightening.
I have maybe a crazy idea but what if it's Russia who propels a lot of similarly titled news lately, so people would become fed up and sympathise Russia (which is its goal)
Seems like a dangerous gamble, besides Russia didn't use outlets like Mashable to propagate it's news. They used twitter and/or curated sites and Facebook groups, I wouldn't put it past them to try and work their influence in through more serious media outlets but it clearly wasn't their initial angle.