The chaos machine : the inside story of how social media rewired our minds and our world / Max Fisher.
"We all have a vague sense that social media is bad for our minds, for our children, and for our democracies. But the truth is that its reach and impact run far deeper than we have understood. Building on years of international reporting, Max Fisher tells the gripping and galling inside story of how Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and other social networks preyed on psychological frailties to create the algorithms that drive everyday users to extreme opinions and, increasingly, extreme actions. As Fisher demonstrates, the companies' founding tenets, combined with a blinkered focus on maximizing engagement, have led to a destabilized world for everyone." -- Front jacket flap.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780316703321 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 031670332X (hardcover)
- Physical Description: ix, 389 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2022.
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-375) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue: Consequences -- Trapped in the casino -- Everything is gamergate -- Opening the portal -- Tyranny of cousins -- Awakening the machine -- The fun house mirror -- The germs and the wind -- Church bells -- The rabbit hole -- The new overlords -- Dictatorship of the like -- Infodemic -- Epilogue: Whistleblowing. |
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Subject: | Social media > Psychological aspects. Internet > Social aspects. Social media and society. |
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Abington Community Library | 302.231 FISHER (Text) | 50687011803825 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Albright Memorial Library | 302.231 FISHER (Text) | 50686016218427 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Albright Memorial Library | 302.231 FISHER (Text) | 50686016232170 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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Indian Valley Public Library | 302.23 Fisher Wired (Text) | 39427103675849 | Nonfiction Room: Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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