Cultivating Metanoia in Twitter Publics: Analyzing and Producing Bots of Protest in the #GamerGate Controversy

Steve Holmes; Rachael Graham Lussos

doi:10.1016/j.compcom.2018.03.010

Cultivating Metanoia in Twitter Publics: Analyzing and Producing Bots of Protest in the #GamerGate Controversy

Steve Holmes, Rachael Graham Lussos

English

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Abstract

This article examines the unique rhetorical affordances of Twitter bots as a way to offer student writers the kairotic means of understanding how networked writing functions in social media public spheres. Specifically, this article discusses how to theorize and construct protest bots in the ad hoc and post hoc Twitter publics of the GamerGate controversy. In addition to kairos, we suggest that the supplementary concept of metanoia offers a highly relevant lens to understand Twitter bots’ anonymity and persistence in relationship to the ways in which publics spheres adapt and change over time.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	118-138
Number of pages	21
Journal	Computers and Composition
Volume	48
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compcom.2018.03.010
State	Published - Jun 2018

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GamerGate
bots
kairos
metanoia
social media

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