Marcus Maloney is Assistant Professor in Sociology with the Centre for Postdigital Cultures, Coventry University. His research focuses on ideological contestations in digital spaces; men and masculinities online; video game narratives, cultures, and communities; and postdigital intimacies and socialities. Marcus has published widely in these areas, including articles in Cultural Sociology, New Media & Society and Games and Culture. His most recent book is Gender, Masculinity and Video Gaming: Analysing Reddit's r/gaming Community (Palgrave 2019).
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