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Network Propaganda

Yochai Benkler, Robert Faris, Hal Roberts

Did social media and new technology cause the crisis of truth in American politics, or does the cause lie elsewhere?

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Author
Yochai Benkler, Robert Faris, Hal Roberts

Why read it

  • You will see why the authors, after studying millions of stories, conclude that technology alone does not explain the crisis
  • You will spot how a fringe story gets pushed into the mainstream news cycle, the path the authors call hacking the core from the periphery
  • You will weigh the finding that the American media landscape splits into two structurally different ecosystems

Who it is for

  • A voter confused about who and what to trust online
  • A journalist covering disinformation and politics
  • A student of media, politics or social networks

Contents

  1. Network Propaganda
  2. PART ONE
  3. Mapping Disorder
  4. Epistemic Crisis
  5. The Architecture of Our Discontent
  6. The Propaganda Feedback Loop
  7. PART TWO
  8. Dynamics of Network Propaganda
  9. Immigration and Islamophobia: Breitbart and the Trump Party
  10. The Fox Diet
  11. Mainstream Media Failure Modes and Self-Healing in a Propaganda-Rich Environment
  12. PART THREE
  13. The Usual Suspects
  14. The Propaganda Pipeline: Hacking the Core from the Periphery
  15. Are the Russians Coming?
  16. Mammon’s Algorithm
  17. PART FOUR
  18. Can Democracy Survive the Internet?
  19. Polarization in American Politics
  20. The Origins of Asymmetry
  21. Can the Internet Survive Democracy?
  22. What Can Men Do Against Such Reckless Hate?
  23. Conclusion

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