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Network propaganda : manipulation, disinformation, and radicalization in American politics / Yochai Benkler, Robert Faris, and Hal Roberts.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Benkler, Yochai, author.
- Faris, Robert, author.
- Roberts, Hal (Harold), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Presidents--United States--Election--2016.
- Presidents.
- Communication in politics--United States.
- Communication in politics.
- Political campaigns--United States.
- Political campaigns.
- Mass media--Political aspects--United States.
- Mass media.
- Social media--Political aspects--United States.
- Social media.
- Internet in political campaigns--United States.
- Internet in political campaigns.
- Disinformation--United States--History--21st century.
- Disinformation.
- Radicalism--United States.
- Radicalism.
- Political culture--United States.
- Political culture.
- United States--Politics and government--2009-2017.
- United States.
- United States--Politics and government--2017-.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- This text examines the shape, composition, and practices of the United States political media landscape. It explores the roots of the current epistemic crisis in political communication with a focus on the remarkable 2016 U.S. president election culminating in the victory of Donald Trump and the first year of his presidency.
- Contents:
- Mapping disorder. Epistemic crisis
- The architecture of our discontent
- The propaganda feedback loop
- Dynamics of network propaganda
- Immigration and Islamophobia: Breitbart and the Trump Party
- The Fox diet. Mainstream media failure modes and self-healing in a propaganda-rich environment
- The usual suspects. The propaganda pipeline: hacking the core from the periphery
- Are the Russians coming?
- Mammon's algorithm: marketing, manipulation, and clickbait on Facebook
- Can democracy survive the Internet?. Polarization in American politics
- The origins of asymmetry
- Can the Internet survive democracy?
- What can men do against such reckless hate?
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2018.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on September 21, 2018).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-092365-2
- 0-19-092366-0
- 0-19-092364-4
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