Network propaganda manipulation, disinformation, and radicalization in American politics

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 fir...

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Other Authors: Benkler, Yochai, author (author), Faris, Robert, author, Roberts, Hal (Harold), author
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press 2018.
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009425016106719
Table of 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.