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Aral, Sinan.
Subjects
Big data -- Social aspects.
Big data -- Political aspects.
Social media -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Social media -- Political aspects.
Fake news.
Persuasion (Psychology)
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Aral, Sinan.
Big data -- Social aspects.
Big data -- Political aspects.
Social media -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Social media -- Political aspects.
Fake news.
Persuasion (Psychology)
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The
hype
machine
:
how
social
media
disrupts
our
elections
,
our
economy
, and
our
health--and
how
we
must
adapt
/ Sinan Aral.
by
Aral, Sinan.
Currency, 2020.
Call #:
303.4833 A659h
Subjects
Big data --
Social
aspects.
Big data -- Political aspects.
Social
media
-- Moral and ethical aspects.
Social
media
-- Political aspects.
Fake news.
Persuasion (Psychology)
ISBN:
9780525574514 (hc.)
Alternate title:
How
social
media
disrupts
our
elections
,
our
economy
, and
our
health--and
how
we
must
adapt
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xv, 390 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-365) and index.
Summary:
"
Social
media
connected the world -- and gave rise to fake news and increasing polarization. Now a leading researcher at MIT draws on 20 years of research to show
how
these trends threaten
our
political, economic, and emotional health in this eye-opening exploration of the dark side of technological progress. Today
we
have the ability, unprecedented in human history, to amplify
our
interactions with each other through
social
media
. It is paramount, MIT
social
media
expert Sinan Aral says, that
we
recognize the outsized impact
social
media
has on
our
culture,
our
democracy, and
our
lives in order to steer today's
social
technology toward good, while avoiding the ways it can pull us apart. Otherwise,
we
could fall victim to what Aral calls "The
Hype
Machine
." As a senior researcher of the longest running study of fake news ever conducted, Aral found that lies spread online farther and faster than the truth -- a harrowing conclusion that was featured on the cover of Science magazine. Among the questions Aral explores following twenty years of field research: Did Russian interference change the 2016 election? And
how
is it affecting the vote in 2020? Why does fake news travel faster than the truth online?
How
do
social
ratings and automated sharing determine which products succeed and fail?
How
does
social
media
affect
our
kids? First, Aral links alarming data and statistics to three accelerating
social
media
shifts: hyper-socialization, personalized mass persuasion, and the tyranny of trends. Next, he grapples with the consequences of the
Hype
Machine
for
elections
, businesses, dating, and health. Finally, he maps out strategies for navigating the
Hype
Machine
, offering his singular guidance for managing
social
media
to fulfill its promise going forward. Rarely has a book so directly wrestled with the secret forces that drive the news cycle every day."--From publisher.
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