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Mapping sociocultural controversies across digital media platforms: one week of #gamergate on Twitter, YouTube, and Tumblr

Jean BurgessQUT Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 79-96 | Received 27 Nov 2015, Accepted 08 Feb 2016, Published online: 25 Apr 2016

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