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Bezig met laden... The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our Worlddoor Max Fisher
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 Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek.   ) suehle | Jan 22, 2024 |  mmparker | Oct 24, 2023 | Page 80 This cycle of aggrievement, resentment and identity and mob anger, it feels like it’s consuming and poisoning the entire nation. ~ Wu victim of Gamergate (  ) beebeereads | Aug 30, 2023 | ) librarianarpita | Aug 12, 2023 | Holy cow. The revelations in this book are stunning. I swear it, everyone needs to read it. Silicon Valley has some serious blood on its hands, and Zuckerberg is a slimy, self-serving, soulless piece of work. (  ) Misses_London | Jun 5, 2023 |
Fisher, a New York Times journalist...offers firsthand accounts from each side of a global conflict, focusing on the role Facebook, WhatsApp and YouTube play in fomenting genocidal hate. Alongside descriptions of stomach-churning brutality, he details the viral disinformation that feeds it, the invented accusations, often against minorities, of espionage, murder, rape and pedophilia. But he’s careful not to assume causality where there may be mere correlation. The book explores deeply the question of whether specific features of social media are truly responsible for conjuring mass fear and anger....The enjoyment of moral outrage is one of the key sentiments Fisher sees being exploited by algorithms devised by Google (for YouTube) and Meta (for Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp), which discovered they could monetize this impulse by having their algorithms promote hyperpartisanship. Divisiveness drives engagement, which in turn drives advertising revenues....we need to ask not just what makes some people susceptible to manipulation, but also what in the mind’s “wiring” protects others, even in lives saturated with social media. The answer will presumably include education, and will span the range from individual critical thinking skills to the overall quality of the information environment. Fisher, a columnist and international reporter for the New York Times, dives into the chaotic social media landscape, synthesizing dozens of interviews from a wide range of sources. Focusing primarily on Facebook, the author walks through the key steps in the progress of the technology, seeing the advent of algorithms as a turning point. By tracking the sites that consumers visit, algorithms allowed for precise targeting for future contact. The best-performing sites gave users a sense of belonging, usually by denigrating “outsiders.” Over time, the result was increasing social and political polarization, with debate and discourse replaced by attacks that could easily spill into the offline world. Fisher is spot-on when he describes how the promotion and manufacture of moral outrage were not glitches in the system but inherent features....The author capably explains the many complex elements involved, but his liberal perspective is occasionally too evident. The mere mention of Donald Trump often makes him splutter with indignation. He has much to say about right-wing groups but little about those on the left. Nonetheless, Fisher is a diligent reporter, and when he maintains his focus on the mechanics of social media, he makes numerous important points. An often riveting, disturbing examination of the social media labyrinth and the companies that created it. New York Times reporter Fisher debuts with a scathing account of the manifold ills wrought by social media. He explores toxic misogyny....the dark side of social media include anti-Muslim hate speech in Myanmar proliferating on Facebook, the spread of anti-vaccine rhetoric during the pandemic, and efforts by Russia to interfere with U.S. elections....Fisher brings it all together: the breadth of information, covering everything from the intricacies of engagement-boosting algorithms to theories of sentimentalism, makes this a one-stop shop. It’s a well-researched, damning picture of just what happens online PrijzenOnderscheidingenErelijsten
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We all have a vague sense that social media is bad for our minds, for our children, and for our democracies. But the truth is that its reach and impact run far deeper than we have understood. Building on years of international reporting, Max Fisher tells the gripping and galling inside story of how Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and other social network preyed on psychological frailties to create the algorithms that drive everyday users to extreme opinions and, increasingly, extreme actions. As Fisher demonstrates, the companies?? founding tenets, combined with a blinkered focus on maximizing engagement, have led to a destabilized world for everyone. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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