Title:
Likewar : the weaponization of social media
Added Author:
Publication Date:
2018
Publication Information:
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018.
©2018
Physical Description:
405 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781328695741
Abstract:
Social media has been weaponized, as state hackers and rogue terrorists have seized upon Twitter and Facebook to create chaos and destruction.
General Note:
"An Eamon Dolan Book."
Contents:
The war begins: an introduction to LikeWar -- Every wire a nerve: how the Internet changed the world -- The truth is out there: social media and the end of secrets -- The empires strike back: censorship, disinformation, and the burial of truth -- The unreality machine: the business of veracity vs. virality -- Win the net, win the day: the new wars for attention ... and power -- LikeWar: the conflicts that drive the Web and the world -- Masters of the universe: the new rules and rulers of LikeWar -- Conclusion: What do we know, what can we do?
Language:
English
