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Likewar : the weaponization of social media / P.W. Singer and Emerson T. Brooking.

Singer, P. W. (Peter Warren), (author.). Brooking, Emerson T., (author.).

Summary:

"Social media has been weaponized, as state hackers and rogue terrorists have seized upon Twitter and Facebook to create chaos and destruction. This urgent report is required reading, from defense expert P.W. Singer and Council on Foreign Relations fellow Emerson Brooking"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781328695741 (hardback)
ISBN: 1328695743 (hardback)
Physical Description: 405 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2018]
Copyright: ©2018

Content descriptions

General Note:	"An Eamon Dolan Book."
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-384) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Machine generated contents note: 1. War Begins -- Introduction to LikeWar -- 2. Every Wire a Nerve -- How the Internet Changed the World -- 3. Truth Is Out There -- Social Media and the End of Secrets -- 4. Empires Strike Back -- Censorship, Disinformation, and the Burial of Truth -- 5. Unreality Machine -- Business of Veracity vs. Virality -- 6. Win the Net, Win the Day -- New Wars for Attention and Power -- 7. LikeWar -- Conflicts That Drive the Web and the World -- 8. Masters of the Universe -- New Rules and Rulers of LikeWar -- 9. Conclusion -- What Do We Know, What Can We Do?.