Pandaemonium Architecture 6.0

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Tuters is a scholar of internet culture and conspiracy networks whose work examines how QAnon emerged from 4chan and spread through coordinated online mobilization. The course readings cite Tuters's research on QAnon's origins to ground discussions of how decentralized networks, participatory narratives, and digital platforms create conditions for large-scale collective belief-formation—connecting concerns about algorithmic radicalization to broader questions about agency and manipulation in networked systems.

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Hugh Davies

The Gamification of Conspiracy: QAnon as ARG

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This remained the case until November 2017, when two 4chan moderators – taking Q at its word to bring about a “Great Awakening” – reached out to YouTube influencers in a deliberate and co-ordinated effort to promote QAnon to a much larger a…Prominent ARG pioneers D. Hon and A. Hon have done much to elucidate the analogies between ARGs and QAnon.[^76] Like R. Berkowitz and J. Matheny, A. Hon professes having felt a “shock of recognition” at witnessing the emergence of QAnon, st…[^65]: KLEIN, J.: How This Obscure, Blockchain-Based Site Built a Playground for QAnon to Run Rampant on. Released on 28th October 2021. [online]. [2021-10-28]. Available at: <https://www.dailydot.com/debug/qanon-steemit/>. [^66]: TUTERS, …

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