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
Adventures in the War Against Reality
Peter Pomerantsev
Public Affairs, 2019
Disinformation campaigns used to require a lot of human effort, but artificial intelligence will take them to a whole new level.
Renee DiResta
The Atlantic, 2020
How new technologies and techniques pioneered by dictators will shape the 2020 election
McKay Coppins
The Atlantic, 2020
David Karpf
MediaWell, 2019
Social Manipulation in a Changing Information Environment
Michael J. Mazarr et al.
Rand Corporation, 2019
