So let’s discuss:
Dale Beran’s 4chan: The Skeleton
- So how did 4chan shape mainstream online culture?
- How did the author’s ideas as adolescent white men influence aspects of online American life?
Damien Walter’s “How White Male
- Do we agree that the “ideology of the white male victim is rapidly spiralling into something that even he can no longer control”?
- What examples can we cite to support or challenge this?
Watch à Last Week Tonight with John
Oliver’s “Online Harassment”
- What is trolling, and what are lulz?
- Do you troll people? If so, who, when, how?
- In what ways is trolling a problem, and how might we work to address it
- Is trolling a form of online harassment?
- How might we address the disinhibition effect (dissociative anonymity, invisibility, solipsistic introjection, dissociative imagination, minimization of authority)
Exploring the relationship between toxic masculinity and online culture:
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