Andrews, Sam and Skoczylis, Joshua (2022) Understanding Attitudes to Extremism in Gaming Communities. Discussion Paper. GNET, Lincoln, England.
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Abstract
In our previous GNET Insight we looked at how quantitative measures can help us understand the prevalence of extreme language in videogaming forums, using a dataset of Reddit.com posts from videogaming subreddits. Contrary to current speculation, we found that extreme language is not something which haunts mainstream gaming spaces. However, some gaming spaces did contain a high count of extreme language. These spaces were unique compared to other gaming spaces. The subreddit /r/KotakuInAction, for instance, contains a high amount of extreme language and is uniquely extreme when compared to the more mainstream subreddit /r/VideoGames and the subreddit for the videogame Hearts of Iron IV, /r/HOI4
| Keywords: | Video games, extremism, Reddit |
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| Subjects: | L Social studies > L200 Politics L Social studies > L300 Sociology |
| Divisions: | College of Social Science > School of Social & Political Sciences |
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| ID Code: | 52984 |
| Deposited On: | 18 Jan 2023 15:40 |
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