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Data & Society @datasociety.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

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...

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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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Whitney Phillips @whitneyphillips.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

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)

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Whitney Phillips @whitneyphillips.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

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...

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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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Whitney Phillips @whitneyphillips.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

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...

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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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Whitney Phillips @whitneyphillips.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

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...

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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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