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Routledge Handbook of the Influence Industry / edited by Emma L. Briant and Vian Bakir.
- Format:
- Book
- 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.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781040121931
- 1040121934
- 9781003256878
- 1003256872
- 9781040121986
- 1040121985
- OCLC:
- 1453197552
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