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Network propaganda : manipulation, disinformation, and radicalization in American politics / Yochai Benkler, Robert Faris, and Hal Roberts.

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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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