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    Making men : community building and masculinity online

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    Summit-Gil, Britney
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    Deery, June; Haskins, Ekaterina V., 1969-; Rouse, Rebecca; Shaw, Adrienne, 1983-;
    Date Issued
    2017-08
    Subject
    Communication and rhetoric
    Degree
    PhD;
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    This electronic version is a licensed copy owned by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY. Copyright of original work retained by author.;
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    URI
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13015/2058
    Abstract
    Contemporary masculinity comprises a complex landscape of patterns, contradictions, and diversity. This landscape is made all the more visible through the digital communities in which men discuss and cultivate varieties of masculine identity. I begin this dissertation with a preliminary exploration of these key concepts, followed by an overview of the literature on media and cultural studies, as well as the affordances of digital communication. I then outline the literature on gender, with specific emphasis on masculinity studies through theory and history. These approaches are applied to a case study, The Red Pill community, in two ways: by exploring the content of Red Pill ideology and practices, and by analyzing the affordances and constraints of the online networks in which The Red Pill thrives. I conclude with a discussion of The Red Pill as a community and a burgeoning social movement, as well as an examination of the role of scholarship in the public sphere in the context of contemporary political, economic, and social relations.;
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    August 2017; School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
    Department
    Dept. of Communication and Media;
    Publisher
    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
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