Network propaganda: manipulation, disinformation, and radicalization in American politics

Cover......Page 1
Network Propaganda......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 8
Part One: Mapping Disorder......Page 12
1. Epistemic Crisis......Page 14
2. The Architecture of Our Discontent......Page 56
3. The Propaganda Feedback Loop......Page 86
Part Two: Dynamics of Network Propaganda......Page 112
4. Immigration and Islamophobia: Breitbart and the Trump Party......Page 116
5. The Fox Diet......Page 156
6. Mainstream Media Failure Modes and Self-​Healing in a 
Propaganda-​Rich Environment......Page 200
Part Three: The Usual Suspects......Page 234
7. The Propaganda Pipeline: Hacking the Core from the Periphery......Page 236
8. Are the Russians Coming?......Page 246
9. Mammon’s Algorithm: Marketing, Manipulation, and Clickbait 
on Facebook......Page 280
Part Four: Can Democracy Survive the Internet?......Page 300
10. Polarization in American Politics......Page 306
11. The Origins of Asymmetry......Page 322
12. Can the Internet Survive Democracy?......Page 352
13. What Can Men Do Against Such Reckless Hate?......Page 362
14. Conclusion......Page 392
Notes......Page 400
Index......Page 454