Whitney Phillips
@whitneyphillips.bsky.social
Assistant Prof of Information Politics and Ethics at the University of Oregon's School of Journalism and Communication. I write about quasi-religion & politics at http://populardemonology.substack.com
In @404media.co, @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social looks at @whitneyphillips.bsky.social's Data & Society report "The Oxygen of Amplification" and the lessons it holds for dealing with extremists and manipulators in today's "amplification renaissance.” www.404media.co/we-have-lear...
We Have Learned Nothing About Amplifying Morons
“Looksmaxxers” are losers and freaks, but we let them steer the culture when we adopt their terminology.
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I got to have a great conversation recently about Evangelical political influence and the strange global flows of anti-liberal demonology, thanks @ausnahmsweise.net! (the audio interview is in English)
hagen terschüren@ausnahmsweise.net · last yr.es hat nur acht monate oder so gedauert, aber ich habe eine neue podcastfolge veröffentlicht! ich habe mit @whitneyphillips.bsky.social über evangelikale und wie sie unsere medien beeinflussen gesprochen. ausnahmsweise.net/podcast/how-...
If anybody is puzzled why Mike Johnson's celebratory BBB speech included references to scripture, the radical woke leftists, "common sense," trans people, and why we need to fight the godlessness of Communism/Marxism, have I got a book for you: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255227...
The Shadow Gospel
When people talk about the chaotic, increasingly precarious political landscape in the United States, they often blame polarization and the culture wars. In ...
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An excerpt from my new book w @markbrockway.bsky.social that highlights the three different modes of demonological thinking. For example pro-family, pro-speech, pro-America talk sounds positive/common sense but is ultimately pointing to the liberal devil thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/how-demonolo...
How Demonology Won the 2024 Election
The rise of a “shadow gospel” reveals how deeply the language of demons and deliverance has shaped American politics.
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Today my new @mitpress.bsky.social book with Mark Brockway publishes! It explores the historical forces that gave rise to a shapeshifting, amalgamated figure of the liberal devil mapped onto a very broad conceptualization of “the left” and the Democratic Party mitpress.mit.edu/978026255227...
The Shadow Gospel
When people talk about the chaotic, increasingly precarious political landscape in the United States, they often blame polarization and the culture wars. In ...
mitpress.mit.edu