Brooke, Sian J.M. ORCID: 0000-0001-7558-7924 (2022) Nice guys, virgins, and incels: gender in remixing and sharing memes at hackathons. In: CHI 2022 - Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings. Association for Computing Machinery, 1 - 14. ISBN 9781450391573
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This paper investigates how the conceptions of gender in memes are central to socializing at hackathons. Drawing on a multi-sited ethnography of seven hackathons, I provide insight into how references to memes and informal technology culture shape interaction in local manifestations of this culture. The contribution of this paper is twofold. First, I show how vocabularies and artifacts of technology culture move between on and offline spaces. These findings have implications for HCI research that investigates questions of materiality in computer-mediated communication. Second, I show how even the mundane memes of technology culture can reveal the toxic masculinity and ideology of Incels. By tying these internet memes to a physical context, I unpack how humor can reveal and perpetuate the enduring masculine dominance of technology. I end with recommendations for increasing inclusivity at hackathons, based on how HCI is uniquely positioned to understand how Internet symbols and interactions manifest offline.
Item Type: | Book Section |
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Official URL: | https://dl.acm.org/conference/chi/proceedings |
Additional Information: | © 2022 ACM. |
Divisions: | Methodology |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HM Sociology T Technology > T Technology (General) H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman |
Date Deposited: | 06 Jun 2022 14:21 |
Last Modified: | 12 Oct 2024 07:39 |
URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/115280 |
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