Attack from within how disinformation is sabotaging America
"American society is more polarized than ever before. We are strategically being pushed apart by disinformation--the deliberate spreading of lies disguised as truth--and it comes at us from all sides: opportunists on the far right, Russian misinformed social media influencers, among others. It&...
| Main Author: | McQuade, Barbara (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Seven Stories Press,
[2024]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Disinformed to death
- The authoritarian playbook : how disinformers gain power
- From gaslighting to the liar's dividend : disinformation tactics
- Hearts are bigger than minds : why disinformation works
- The new engines of disinformation : the danger of emerging technology
- The land of the free : why America is particularly vulnerable to disinformation
- "Stop the steal" : disinformation is destroying democracy
- "Somebody is going to get killed" : disinformation is endangering public safety and national security
- Trial by combat : disinformation is eroding the rule of law
- We alone can fix it : proposed solutions
- We hold these truths to be self-evident : a way forward.