It Came from Something Awful

{{Short description|2019 book by Dale Beran}}{{Infobox book

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| author = Dale Beran

| pub_date = 2019

| name = It Came from Something Awful: How a Toxic Troll Army Accidentally Memed Donald Trump into Office

| publisher = All Points Books

| language = English

| genre = Non-fiction

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It Came from Something Awful: How a Toxic Troll Army Accidentally Memed Donald Trump into Office is a 2019 book by Dale Beran, focusing on the intersection of Internet culture, alt-right, and Donald Trump's first presidency.{{Cite journal|last1=Burkert|first1=Denise|last2=Humer|first2=Stephan G.|date=2021-06-08|title=It came from something awful: how a toxic troll army accidentally memed Donald Trump into office, by Dale Beran, 2019. St. Martin's Publishing Group. {{text|ISBN:}} 9781250189745, 304 Pages|journal=Digital War|language=en|doi=10.1057/s42984-021-00030-5|issn=2662-1983|doi-access=free}}{{Cite web|date=2019-07-30|title=How the internet spawned 21st-century fascism|url=https://www.salon.com/2019/07/30/how-the-internet-spawned-21st-century-fascism/|access-date=2021-06-23|website=Salon|language=en}}{{Cite magazine|title='It Came From Something Awful' Blames 4chan for Trump|language=en-US|magazine=Wired|url=https://www.wired.com/story/dale-beran-it-came-from-something-awful-review/|access-date=2021-06-23|issn=1059-1028}}{{Cite web|title='It Came From Something Awful' Links 4Chan And Today's Political Discourse|url=https://www.npr.org/2019/07/30/745484563/it-came-from-something-awful-links-4chan-and-todays-political-discourse|access-date=2021-06-23|website=NPR.org|date=30 July 2019 |language=en |last1=Limbong |first1=Andrew }}{{cite news| last=Kunzru | first=Hari | title=For the Lulz | work=The New York Review of Books | date=2020-07-06 | url=https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2020/03/26/trolls-4chan-gamergate-lulz/ | access-date=2023-03-28 | issn=0028-7504}}