BuzzFeed’s recent report claiming sources indicated that President Trump directed Michael Cohen to lie to Congress may be the final nail in his coffin, if true. If true. These two little words have done some heavy lifting over the last couple hours, days, and years where the line between fact and fiction has been blurred. … Read more
If you have spent any time on social media in the last couple weeks, you have surely seen the news that FCC chairman, Ajit Pai, is trying to roll back net neutrality (the Obama-era regulations that govern the internet as a Title II utility). While various opinion leaders on both sides of the aisle have … Read more
Like many people, I’ve been very upset by the events in Charlottesville over the last weekend. Like many people, I feel like a should do something, but I also feel impotent. And, like many people, I’ve seen lots of think-pieces and articles about how we should respond to these events by speaking up online. However, … Read more
I first stumbled across the term “alt-right” during my dissertation research in 2014, specifically as I was slogging through the thousands of threads and comments about GamerGate. A variety of alt-right Twitter figures and bloggers became regular names to me and I was often struck by their strong reliance on anti-intellectual opinion leaders who thrived … Read more
Check out my interview with Ken Cagne about my dissertation, Reddit, GamerGate and politics in the digital era!
If you are interested in Reddit, politics, GamerGate, check out my AMA with the Reddit community about my dissertation. I’m called a Nazi at least once!
You can find a copy of my dissertation here: http://search.proquest.com/docview/1719155030?pq-origsite=gscholar. You can also download a copy from my website here: http://blog.noahspringer.com/publics-and-counterpublics/