Bombarded: How to Fight Back Against the Online Assault on Democracy Contributor(s): Krohn, Cyrus (Author), Farmer, Tom (Author) |
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ISBN: 1641464984 ISBN-13: 9781641464987 Publisher: Made for Success OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2020 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Process - Media & Internet - Political Science | Political Process - Campaigns & Elections - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Democracy |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.95 lbs) 300 pages |
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Publisher Description: A powerful assessment of how online information became unreliable--and what can be done about it. - Kirkus Reviews Imagine an imminent America where citizens are bombarded with personalized political messages from every smart device - yet information is so suspect, nobody can tell what the truth is. It means oceans of disinformation engineered to sow false beliefs or simply disorient. The coronavirus pandemic provided a foretaste of an infuriating, dystopian future. From the start Americans fought over the most basic facts of the crisis, from death tolls to quack cures to the wisdom of stay-at-home orders. The splintered digital infosphere bred confusion and delusion, some of it fatal. Now think of our campaigns and elections. The digital information age means more than hyper-targeted, just-for-you messages from insurance companies and presidential candidates alike. "Trying to shield yourself from disinformation and deep fakes? Cyrus Krohn offers a 'five-step program' to fight back. This book rings true. Digital pioneer Cyrus Krohn knows the territory, and in Bombarded: How to Fight Back Against the Online Assault on Democracy, Krohn locates the roots of our blooming political chaos in the earliest days of the World Wide Web. But he goes beyond recounting 25 years of destabilizing Internet shock waves and his own role in building digital culture. Krohn rolls out a provocative action plan for rescuing the American system of campaigns and elections while there is still time. |