MARANTZ, ANDREW
Antisocial: How Online Extremists Broke America
- ISBN 13:
- 9781509882526
- author:
- MARANTZ, ANDREW
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Picador
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2020
- Pages:
- 400
- Dimensions:
- 19.7 x 13 centimetres
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Politics, Political Ideologies,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Antisocial: How Online Extremists Broke America explores the intersection of technology and politics in the digital age. Andrew Marantz delves into two worlds: the optimistic entrepreneurs who created a free and democratic internet, and the cynical propagandists who exploited that freedom to spread extreme ideologies. From secret gatherings of neo-Fascists to the White House press briefing room, Marantz examines how the unthinkable becomes thinkable and then becomes reality. He reveals how alienated young people are led down the rabbit hole of online radicalization, and how fringe ideas spread through social media and beyond. The book combines narrative detail with a broad sweep, tracing the evolution of the internet from its early days to the present. Marantz sits with the creators of social media as they reckon with the forces they've unleashed, raising questions about whether their interventions can mitigate the damage or if it's too late already.
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