{"product_id":"antisocial-media-how-facebook-disconnects-us-and-undermines-democracy-9780190841164","title":"Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy","description":"If 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 something 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, 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. 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 authoritarians in Burma and the Philippines. Both authoritative and trenchant, \u003cem\u003e Antisocial Media\u003c\/em\u003e shows how Facebook's mission went so wrong.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Siva Vaidhyanathan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/12\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.40w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190841164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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 and several podcasts, and he directs the publication of \u003cem\u003eVirginia Quarterly Review.\u003c\/em\u003e A former professional journalist, he has published five previous books on technology, law, and society, including\u003cem\u003e The Googlization of Everything\u003c\/em\u003e. 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 Pos\u003c\/em\u003et, \u003cem\u003eBookForum\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eBook\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eReview\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Baffle\u003c\/em\u003er.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40521447014515,"sku":"9.78019E+12","price":28.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_3bded37f-1a07-4f11-92cf-b273f8080892.jpg?v=1666098650","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/antisocial-media-how-facebook-disconnects-us-and-undermines-democracy-9780190841164","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}