Recently there has been a very big issue in the online gaming world known as "Gamer Gate." Gamer Gate is a harassment campaign revolving around sexism in the online gaming community. Actress, YouTube personality, and gamer Felicia Day was a target of this kind of discrimination. Day wrote a blog post in response to Gamer Gate where she expressed fear on speaking out on this issue. However, after making this post she had her address and personal email published online by an online bully. What on earth is this world coming to?
Wednesday, May 11, 2016
Is Any Where Safe?
I agree with everything Carrie Rentschler says in her article "We need Good Samaritans on the Web." There is quite frankly no where that is safe from the praying habits of bullies. In fact online bullying and abuse can outweigh the abuse found in the real world. People who hide behind a screen are far more likely to abuse because no one can tell who they are. But when the online community is a place we go to in order to find a place for acceptance, something we all discovered in our ethnography projects I am sure, it hurts to see that there are people out there who want to abuse the comfortable environments people have found for themselves. Bullying in the online world I a huge issue, especially for women. Women are demeaned and sexually assaulted over the internet for nothing more then being a female.
Recently there has been a very big issue in the online gaming world known as "Gamer Gate." Gamer Gate is a harassment campaign revolving around sexism in the online gaming community. Actress, YouTube personality, and gamer Felicia Day was a target of this kind of discrimination. Day wrote a blog post in response to Gamer Gate where she expressed fear on speaking out on this issue. However, after making this post she had her address and personal email published online by an online bully. What on earth is this world coming to?
Recently there has been a very big issue in the online gaming world known as "Gamer Gate." Gamer Gate is a harassment campaign revolving around sexism in the online gaming community. Actress, YouTube personality, and gamer Felicia Day was a target of this kind of discrimination. Day wrote a blog post in response to Gamer Gate where she expressed fear on speaking out on this issue. However, after making this post she had her address and personal email published online by an online bully. What on earth is this world coming to?
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you have a great view on this subject. I agree that the world wide web needs some good Samaritans who are willing to step in when internet bullying ensues. It is crazy how much power people feel they have gained from the internet which in turn makes them believe they can do and say whatever they want without any regard for others feelings. I just hope more people speak up in order to stop these bullies.
ReplyDeleteI agree, I think that there has been a lack of people caring on the internet. I think part of it is that they are also behind a screen and thus don't see the pain and hurt that some other user is feeling. It is something that i think we have lost with social media, compared to Real Life interaction.
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