YouTube Drama in an Atheist Public: A Case Study

In late March 2019, British atheist YouTuber "Rationality Rules" published a video in which he argued that trans women should be excluded from women’s sports. Accused of transphobia, he was denounced by a prominent atheist organization, which led to intense arguments in Anglophone atheist...

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Main Author: Isomaa, Robin (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] 2022
In: Secularism and Nonreligion
Year: 2022, Volume: 11, Pages: 1-13
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Atheism / Community / Online community / Controversy / Critical discourse analysis / Publicity / Public opposition
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
NCA Ethics
ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies
Further subjects:B Atheism
B Drama
B Youtube
B Publics
B Transphobia
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