Red Pilled - The Allure of Digital Hate
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Transcript Verlag
Published:21st Mar '23
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

Hate is being reinvented. Over the last two decades, online platforms have been used to repackage racist, sexist and xenophobic ideologies into new sociotechnical forms. Digital hate is ancient but novel, deploying the Internet to boost its allure and broaden its appeal. To understand the logic of hate, Luke Munn investigates four objects: 8chan, the cesspool of the Internet, QAnon, the popular meta-conspiracy, Parler, a social media site, and Gab, the »platform for the people.« Drawing together powerful human stories with insights from media studies, psychology, political science, and race and cultural studies, he portrays how digital hate infiltrates hearts and minds.
Besprochen in:
MEDIENwissenschaft, 3 (2024), Viola Melzner
»Any user of technology, be it an academician looking for scholarly analysis of the spread of hate online or an average user who spends time on digital platforms, will find Munn’s book useful in understanding how individuals get sucked into the blackhole of digital despise.«
ISBN: 9783837666731
Dimensions: 23mm x 15mm x 1mm
Weight: 312g
204 pages