This case study proposes a method of troll tracking to analyze how right-wing media attacks circulate and contribute to increasing anti-intellectualism in the United States. Given the increase in right-wing political “news” sites as originators of trolling activity and their propensity to espouse anti-intellectualism, we are interested in understanding more deeply how particular instances of this targeted outrage become rhetorical. Our analysis reveals how metaknowledge circulates misinformation through commentary that carries anti-intellectual ideologies rapidly across time and space. This process of detachment reveals important implications about the (re)production of anti-intellectual ideologies, the evocation of collective outrage that manifests as sexism and transphobia, and the gatekeeping of academic knowledge production.

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巨魔跟踪：检查右翼媒体攻击中反思想意识的修辞传播

该案例研究提出了一种巨魔跟踪方法，用于分析右翼媒体攻击如何传播并促进美国反智主义的发展。鉴于作为诱饵活动发起者的右翼政治“新闻”站点越来越多，并且它们倾向于拥护反思想主义，我们有兴趣更深入地了解这种有针对性的暴行的具体实例如何成为言论。我们的分析揭示了元知识如何通过评论传播错误信息，而评论则在时空上迅速传播了反思想的思想。这种超脱的过程揭示了以下方面的重要含义：反知识分子意识形态的（再）生产，表现为性别歧视和仇视心理的集体愤怒的唤起以及学术知识生产的把关。