Description
Part I: The Propaganda Problem.-
Chapter 1: Pay Attention: How Information Abundance Affects the Way We Consume Media .-
Chapter 2: Cog in the System: How the Limits of Our Brains Leave Us Vulnerable to Cognitive Hacking.-
Chapter 3: Swimming Upstream: How Content Recommendation Engines Impact Information and Manipulate Our Attention.-
Part II: Case Studies.-
Chapter 4: Domestic Disturbance: Ferguson, GamerGate, and the Rise of the American Alt-Right.-
Chapter 5: Democracy Hacked, Part 1: Russian Interference and the New Cold War .-
Chapter 6: Democracy Hacked, Part 2: Rumors, Bots, and Genocide in the Global South .-
Chapter 7: Conclusion: Where Do We Go from Here?.-Author: Kris Shaffer
Publisher: Apress
Published: 07/12/2019
Pages: 120
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.30d
ISBN13: 9781484245392
ISBN10: 1484245393
BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Industries | Computers & Information Technology
- Computers | Data Science | Data Analytics
- Computers | Programming | Algorithms
About the Author
Kris Shaffer, Ph.D., is a data scientist and Senior Computational Disinformation Analyst for New Knowledge. He co-authored "The Tactics and Tropes of the Internet Research Agency," a report prepared for the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence about Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election on social media. He has consulted for multiple US government agencies, non-profits, and universities on matters related to digital disinformation, data ethics, and digital pedagogy.
In a former (professional) life, Kris was an academic and digital humanist. He has taught courses in music theory and cognition, computer science, and digital studies at Yale University, University of Colorado-Boulder, University of Mary Washington, and Charleston Southern University. He holds a PhD from Yale University.