{"product_id":"antisocial-media-how-facebook-disconnects-us-and-undermines-democracy-paperback","title":"Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVaidhyanathan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA fully updated paperback edition that includes coverage of the key developments of the past two years, including the political controversies that swirled around Facebook with increasing intensity in the Trump era.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf 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\u003cbr\u003esomething a lot like Facebook. Of course, none of that was part of the plan. In this fully updated paperback edition of \u003cem\u003eAntisocial Media\u003c\/em\u003e, including a new chapter on the increasing recognition of--and reaction against--Facebook's power in the last couple of years, Siva Vaidhyanathan explains how\u003cbr\u003eFacebook 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\u003cbr\u003esees computer code as the universal solvent for all human problems. And it's an indictment of how \"social media\" has fostered the deterioration of democratic culture around the world, from facilitating Russian meddling in support of Trump's election to the exploitation of the platform by murderous\u003cbr\u003eauthoritarians in Burma and the Philippines. Both authoritative and trenchant, \u003cem\u003eAntisocial Media \u003c\/em\u003eshows how Facebook's mission went so wrong.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSiva Vaidhyanathan\u003c\/strong\u003e is the Robertson Professor of Media Studies and the Director of the Center for Media and Citizenship at the University of Virginia. He produces a local public-affairs television program, several podcasts, and directs the publication of \u003cem\u003eThe Virginia Quarterly Review.\u003c\/em\u003e A former\u003cbr\u003eprofessional journalist, he has published five previous books on technology, law, and society, including The Googlization of Everything. He has also contributed to publications such as \u003cem\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSlate\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Chronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBookForum\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eReview\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Baffler\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.26 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44837826625638,"sku":"9780190056544","price":31.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/MWd0TEdhdVlJbVVlNUNsMnAzWlFWdz09.webp?v=1772445019","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/antisocial-media-how-facebook-disconnects-us-and-undermines-democracy-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}