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The chaos machine : the inside story of how social media rewired our minds and our world / Max Fisher.
The gripping and galling inside story of how Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and other social networks preyed on psychological frailties to create the algorithms that drive everyday users to extreme opinions and, increasingly, extreme actions. The companies' founding tenets, combined with a blinkered focus on maximizing engagement, have led to a destabilized world for everyone. -- adapted from jacket
Record details
- ISBN: 9780316703321
- ISBN: 031670332X
- Physical Description: ix, 389 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, [2022]
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-375) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue: Consequences -- Trapped in the casino -- Everything is gamergate -- Opening the portal -- Tyranny of cousins -- Awakening the machine -- The fun house mirror -- The germs and the wind -- Church bells -- The rabbit hole -- The new overlords -- Dictatorship of the like -- Infodemic -- Epilogue: Whistleblowing. |
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| Subject: | Social media > Psychological aspects. Internet > Social aspects. Social media and society. |
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- 19 of 20 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Cass County.
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- 1 current hold with 20 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cass County Library-Harrisonville | 302.231 FIS 2022 (Text) | 0002206011617 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
The Chaos Machine : The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World
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Table of Contents
The Chaos Machine : The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Author's Note | p. ix | |
| Prologue: consequences | p. 3 | |
| 1 | Trapped in the Casino | p. 13 |
| 2 | Everything Is Gamergate | p. 39 |
| 3 | Opening the Portal | p. 67 |
| 4 | Tyranny of Cousins | p. 81 |
| 5 | Awakening the Machine | p. 105 |
| 6 | The Fun House Mirror | p. 131 |
| 7 | The Germs and the Wind | p. 158 |
| 8 | Church Bells | p. 180 |
| 9 | The Rabbit Hole | p. 199 |
| 10 | The New Overlords | p. 234 |
| 11 | Dictatorship of the Like | p. 266 |
| 12 | Infodemic | p. 296 |
| Epilogue: whistleblowing | p. 329 | |
| Acknowledgments | p. 341 | |
| Notes | p. 343 | |
| Index | p. 377 | |
| About the Author | p. 389 |
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