Gaming Democracy: How Silicon Valley Leveled Up the Far Right by Adrienne L. Massanari (The MIT Press, 2024)
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https://doi.org/10.7557/ejcgc.v16i2.8048Keywords:
game production, game labour, game developers, project-based workplaces, work regulation, industrial citizenshipAbstract
A Review of Adrienne L. Massanari’s Gaming Democracy: How Silicon Valley Leveled Up the Far Right. Published by The MIT Press, 2024. ISBN: 9780262380331, 238 pages.
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