Media Manipulation
One of the most dangerous trends of our time: Harnessing the vast new possibilities of the digital age, malicious actors find it easier than ever to disseminate lies and conspiracy theories. With minimal effort and resources they can destabilize whole societies and even influence elections. Read these summaries and learn how they operate, what damage they inflict and how a free and open society can defend against them.
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Cambridge Analytica and the Plot to Break America
Christopher Wylie
Random House, 2019
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Lies, Spies and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators
Ronan Farrow
Little, Brown UK, 2019
Jon Allsop
Columbia Journalism Review, 2021
Adventures in the War Against Reality
Peter Pomerantsev
Public Affairs, 2019
Lies about science, civil rights, and the vote itself have turned Americans against one another.
Jane Lytvynenko
Buzzfeed, 2020
Conspiracy theories seem to meet psychological needs and can be almost impossible to eradicate. One remedy: Keep them from taking root in the first place.
Greg Miller
Niemanlab.org, 2021
How Big Tech Got Bigger
Alex Hern
The Guardian, 2020
