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Routledge Handbook of the Influence Industry / edited by Emma L. Briant and Vian Bakir.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Briant, Emma, editor.
Bakir, Vian, 1971- editor.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Propaganda.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (434 pages)
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, [2025]
Summary:
This Handbook provides the first comprehensive examination of the influence industry and how it operates worldwide across different domains.
Contents:
Cover
Endorsements
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Abbreviations
List of Contributors
Part I Theoretical, Conceptual and Historical Background to the Influence Industry
1 Introducing the Digital Influence Industry
2 Concepts for Understanding the Influence Industry
3 Situating the Digital Influence Industry
4 Techniques and Transformation in the Digital Influence Industry
5 The Economics of Social Media Manipulation: Insights into Digital Influence Mercenaries' Tactics and Impact
6 Masspersonal Social Engineering and the Evolution of the Influence Industry
7 The Analogue-Era Influence Industry and South Africa's Quest for Reputational Security, 1948-1994: Buying Friends for Apartheid
Part II Micro-Practices and Social Impacts of the Influence Industry: International Case Studies
8 Cambridge Analytica's Online Disinformation and Propaganda in Nigeria: Does Local Culture Reveal Limits in Persuasion and Influencer Activities?
9 Russian Active Measures in the 2016 US Presidential Election: 'Useful Idiots' and Intelligence Agencies
10 The Kremlin's Influence Industry and Its Use of Lawfare to Undermine Democracy
11 Deception Supply Chains in the Middle East, 2010-2023: A Playbook of Social Media Manipulation, Disinformation, and Influence Operations
12 Medical Populism, Nationalism and Parody: Unmasking Digital Dissent in Turkey's COVID-19 Landscape
13 Understanding Conspiracy Theories as a Business: The Case of Humanitad
14 Digital 'Guerrillas' and the Influence Industry's Impact on Latin American Democracies: Lessons from Chile
15 Brazil's Far-Right 'Media Literacy' Campaign: Delegitimizing the Press for Profit
16 Weaponizing WhatsApp: A Case Study of a Digitally Amplified Institutionalized Riot System in India.
Part III The Future of the Influence Industry: Rights, Ethics and Governance for Emerging Technologies
17 Why the Digital Influence Industry Matters
18 Ethics and the Future of Military Information Operations
19 Trust, Truth and 'Organized Lying': A Critical Study of the Edelman Trust Barometer
20 Local Civil Society and the International Influence Industry: Preparing for Elections with Practice-Led Research
21 Combatting the Digital Influence Industry within Surveillance Capitalism: The Potentials and Pitfalls of Personal Information Management Systems
22 Guarding Against Automated Empathy Attacks on Ontological Security
Part IV Conclusions and Recommendations
23 Toward an Ethical Digital Influence Industry?
24 Researching and Conceptualizing the Influence Industry
25 Conclusion
Index.
Notes:
Includes index.
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Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
9781040121931
1040121934
9781003256878
1003256872
9781040121986
1040121985
OCLC:
1453197552

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