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Record Nr.

UNINA9910287938803321

Autore

Benkler Yochai

Titolo

Network propaganda : manipulation, disinformation, and radicalization in American politics / / Yochai Benkler, Robert Faris, and Hal Roberts [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Oxford University Press, , 2018

ISBN

0-19-092365-2

0-19-092366-0

0-19-092364-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour)

Disciplina

324.9730932

Soggetti

Presidents - United States - Election - 2016

Communication in politics - United States

Political campaigns - United States

Mass media - Political aspects - United States

Social media - Political aspects - United States

Internet in political campaigns - United States

Disinformation - United States - History - 21st century

Radicalism - United States

Political culture - United States

United States Politics and government 2009-2017

United States Politics and government 2017-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2018.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.