Martin Rooke

@Misinfo
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Early career researcher
misinformation, risk sociology, investigative digital ethnography, conspirituality

Shorenstein researcher / Technology and Social Change Project

I try to figure out why people think the way they do on the dark places of the internet

I have a news letter you will find interesting: https://eftr.substack.com/

Misinfo Newsletterhttps://eftr.substack.com/
Martin RookeJun 13, 2023
anti-LGBT+ discourse seems even more impactful this year
https://eftr.substack.com/p/love-with-an-agenda
#LGBT #Pride #socialmedia #research
Love, With an Agenda

The Schofield Affair // Targeting the Kids // What is a Woman?

Echoes From The Right
Martin RookeApr 25, 2023

A free reflection for everyone on the Bud Light controversy
https://eftr.substack.com/p/i-just-dont-understand

#LGBT #advertising #socialmedia

"I Just Don't Understand..."

Performative non-understanding // It’s Just Beer, Bro // Queer Working Class Masculinity // The “Choice” problem

Echoes From The Right
Martin RookeApr 4, 2023

Discourse on the right has been particularly troubling this past week

https://eftr.substack.com/p/lessons-learned-from-the-nashville

#LGBT #Queer #socialmedia

Lessons Learned from the Nashville School Shooting...

Trans School Shooting // Transurrection // Trans Genocide

Echoes From The Right
Martin RookeMar 22, 2023

There is money to be made from new hate content

https://eftr.substack.com/p/the-chad-effect-making-money-from

#Internet #Research #SocialMedia

The Chad Effect: Making Money from Hate

Petty Drama Amplification Cycle

Echoes From The Right
Martin RookeMar 14, 2023

It is 2023,
Flat Earthers are organised misinfo artists,
The resistance never fully materialised,

https://eftr.substack.com/p/imagine-losing-to-flat-earthers

#Misinformation #SocialMedia #Conspiracy

Imagine losing to Flat Earthers

Flat Earth Rebranded // Looks Like Lab-leak is back on the Menu // The Insurrection that never happened

Echoes From The Right
Martin RookeMar 8, 2023

Understanding public articulation should be the basis for good science communication.

Misinformation spreads when the underlying social tensions around an event are overlooked because they are not professionally articulated.

Public sense making is not the same as knowledge synthesis

#Misinformation #Science #Communication

Martin RookeMar 7, 2023

This reboot of 2015 radical rhetoric is something we could do without

https://eftr.substack.com/publish/post/106989078

#Radicalisation #Politics #SocialMedia

Why Does It Feel Like 2015 part 2?

Dilbert Starts a Race War // Microdosing on Hitler // America First 2.0, the Radical Agenda

Echoes From The Right
Martin RookeMar 2, 2023

What would it mean if America is "over" Feminism?

https://eftr.substack.com/p/is-america-over-feminism

#Feminism #Culture #Trends

Is America "Over" Feminism?

Specifically the word, more so than the ideals

Echoes From The Right
Martin RookeFeb 26, 2023

@aspiringcat
Games Workshop are bringing out a new game varient called "boarding actions" which may be a better introduction. Find your local Warhammer / hobby store and they'll help.

Getting into the lore. There are tons of videos on YouTube that really go into depth. Considering it is a 40 year old franchise, there is a lot of depth

Martin RookeFeb 25, 2023
@aspiringcat @bookstodon literally Warhammer 40k