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The Resource Antisocial media : how Facebook disconnects us and undermines democracy, Siva Vaidhyanathan

Antisocial media : how Facebook disconnects us and undermines democracy, Siva Vaidhyanathan

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"If you wanted to build a machine that would distribute propaganda to millions of people, distract them from important issues, energize hatred and bigotry, erode social trust, undermine respectable journalism, foster doubts about science, and engage in massive surveillance all at once, you would make something a lot like Facebook. Of course, none of that was part of the plan. In Antisocial Media, Siva Vaidhyanathan explains how Facebook devolved from an innocent social site hacked together by Harvard students into a force that, while it may make personal life just a little more pleasurable, makes democracy a lot more challenging. It's an account of the hubris of good intentions, a missionary spirit, and an ideology that sees computer code as the universal solvent for all human problems...Both authoritative and trenchant, Antisocial Media shows how Facebook's mission went so wrong."--Book description, Amazon.com
Language
eng
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Publication
Extent
1 online resource (276 pages.) :
Contents
  • The pleasure machine
  • The surveillance machine
  • The attention machine
  • The benevolence machine
  • The protest machine
  • The politics machine
  • The disinformation machine
Isbn
9780190841171
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Antisocial media : how Facebook disconnects us and undermines democracy
Title
Antisocial media
Title remainder
how Facebook disconnects us and undermines democracy
Statement of responsibility
Siva Vaidhyanathan
Title variation
Anti-social media
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Author
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Language
eng
Summary
"If you wanted to build a machine that would distribute propaganda to millions of people, distract them from important issues, energize hatred and bigotry, erode social trust, undermine respectable journalism, foster doubts about science, and engage in massive surveillance all at once, you would make something a lot like Facebook. Of course, none of that was part of the plan. In Antisocial Media, Siva Vaidhyanathan explains how Facebook devolved from an innocent social site hacked together by Harvard students into a force that, while it may make personal life just a little more pleasurable, makes democracy a lot more challenging. It's an account of the hubris of good intentions, a missionary spirit, and an ideology that sees computer code as the universal solvent for all human problems...Both authoritative and trenchant, Antisocial Media shows how Facebook's mission went so wrong."--Book description, Amazon.com
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Vaidhyanathan, Siva
Index
index present
LC call number
HM851
LC item number
.V345 2018
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
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  • Social media
  • Communication in politics
  • Internet addiction
  • Truthfulness and falsehood
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Antisocial media : how Facebook disconnects us and undermines democracy, Siva Vaidhyanathan
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Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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online resource
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rdacarrier
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text
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  • txt
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rdacontent
Contents
The pleasure machine -- The surveillance machine -- The attention machine -- The benevolence machine -- The protest machine -- The politics machine -- The disinformation machine
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unknown
Extent
1 online resource (276 pages.) :
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780190841171
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(electronic bk.)
Media category
computer
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rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
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Electronic reproduction.
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remote
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99978155914
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(NhCcYBP)15341264
Label
Antisocial media : how Facebook disconnects us and undermines democracy, Siva Vaidhyanathan
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The pleasure machine -- The surveillance machine -- The attention machine -- The benevolence machine -- The protest machine -- The politics machine -- The disinformation machine
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (276 pages.) :
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780190841171
Isbn Type
(electronic bk.)
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction.
Specific material designation
remote
Stock number
99978155914
System control number
(NhCcYBP)15341264

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