#57 A History of 4chan and the Online Culture Wars with Dale Beran

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English - August 07, 2019 19:44 - 1 hour - 134 MB - ★★★★★ - 44 ratings
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Previous Episode: #56 Bringing Whale Facts To Twitter with Preston Williams (@awhalefact)

Next Episode: #58 Political Twitter, Nuanced Identity Politics, and Being Extremely Online with Anjali Bhatt

Dale Beran is a writer, artist, and author of the new book “It Came From Something Awful: How A Toxic Troll Army Accidentally Memed Donald Trump Into Office.” In our conversation we talked about the early internet days and how various subcultures have evolved into the culture wars, the history of 4chan, Gamergate, the emergence of new leftism, incels, provocateurs, fascism, and more. Enjoy!

Follow him on Twitter:
@DaleBeran

Purchase his book “It Came From Something Awful” here:
https://www.amazon.com/Came-Something-Awful-Accidentally-Donald/dp/1250189748

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https://daleberan.tumblr.com/