The GamerGate controversy and journalistic paradigm maintenance

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ID7477339
AuthorsGregory Perreault (0000-0002-6645-1117, corresponding author), Gregory P Perreault (Appalachian State University), Tim P Vos (0000-0002-7174-5574, University of Missouri)
Year2016
Volume19
Issue4
Pages553-569
Publication date2016-09-30
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournalism (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1464-8849 • E-ISSN: 1741-3001
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1464884916670932
OpenAlexW2527531381
LanguageEN
Citations received28
References cited26

GamerGate is a viral campaign that became an occasion, particularly from August 2014 to January 2015, to both question journalistic ethics and badger women involved in game development and gaming criticism. Gaming journalists thus found themselves managing a debate on two fronts: defending the probity of gaming journalism and remediating attacks on women. This study explores how gaming journalists undertook paradigm maintenance in the midst of the controversy. This was analyzed through interviews with gaming journalists as well as a discourse analysis of the texts responding to GamerGate that were produced by their publications. Although gaming journalists operate within a form of lifestyle journalism, the journalists repaired their paradigm by linking their work to traditional journalism and emphasizing a paternal role

Criticism · Journalism · Media studies · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Technical Journalism · Work (physics · Digital Games and Media · Engineering · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · Law

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