Racist Zoombombing

<p>This book examines Zoombombing the racist harassment and hate speech on Zoom.</p><p>While most accounts refer to Zoombombing as simply a new style or practice of online trolling and harassment in the wake of increased videoconferencing since the outbreak of COVID-19 this volume examines it as a specifically racialized and gendered phenomenon that targets Black people and communities with racialized and gendered harassment. <i>Racist Zoombombing </i>brings together histories of online racism and algorithmic warfare with in-depth interviews by Black users on their experiences. The book explains how Zoombombing is a form of racial violence interrogates our ideas about online space and community and challenges our notions of on and off line distinction between racial harassment of Black people and communities.</p><p>A vital resource for media culture and communication students and scholars that are interested in race gender digital media and digital culture.</p>