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Antisocial media : how Facebook disconnects us and undermines democracy / Siva Vaidhyanathan.

Vaidhyanathan, Siva, (author.).

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"In this fully updated paperback edition of Antisocial Media, Siva Vaidhyanathan explains how Facebook 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 sees computer code as the universal solvent for all human problems." -- Provided by publisher.

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  • ISBN: 9780190056544
  • ISBN: 0190056541
  • Physical Description: xi, 314 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Oxford University , 2021.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published: 2018.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction: the problem with Facebook is Facebook -- The pleasure machine -- The surveillance machine -- The attention machine -- The benevolence machine -- The protest machine -- The politics machine -- The disinformation machine -- The nonsense machine -- Conclusion.

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Facebook (Electronic resource)
Social media > Political aspects > United States.
Communication in politics > Technological innovations > United States.
Internet addiction > United States.
Truthfulness and falsehood > United States.
Social media.

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