Dispute over games journalism accompanied by sustained harassment of women in games.
Gamergate controversy erupts
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Sources
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Massanari, A. L. (2017). #Gamergate and The Fappening: How Reddit's algorithm, governance, and culture support toxic technocultures. New Media & Society, 19(3), 329-346. Peer-reviewed analysis of how Reddit's design and governance shaped the campaign. Author-hosted copy of the New Media & Society article.
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Alexander, L. (2014). 'Gamers' don't have to be your audience. 'Gamers' are over.. Gamasutra. Published 28 August 2014 and among the trade-press commentaries the campaign organised against. Gamasutra was renamed Game Developer; the archive link preserves the original Gamasutra URL.
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Singal, J. (2014). Gaming's summer of rage. The Boston Globe. Contemporaneous reporting, 20 September 2014, on the August 2014 sequence of events.
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Wingfield, N. (2014). Feminist Critics of Video Games Facing Threats in 'GamerGate' Campaign. The New York Times. Source for the threats directed at Anita Sarkeesian and Zoe Quinn.
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August 2014
Gamergate controversy erupts
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