The Digital Closet: How the Internet Became Straight

by Alexander Monea

Book Overview

An exploration of how heteronormative bias is deeply embedded in the internet, hidden in algorithms, keywords, content moderation, and more.

In The Digital Closet, Alexander Monea argues provocatively that the internet became straight by suppressing everything that is not, forcing LGBTQIA+ content into increasingly narrow channels--rendering it invisible through opaque algorithms, automated and human content moderation, warped...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262545950
• ISBN13: 9780262545952
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.4"