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

Author/creator Singer, P. W. (Peter Warren) author.
Other author/creatorBrooking, Emerson T., author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018.
Copyright Notice ©2018
Description405 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Variant title Like war
Contents The war begins : an introduction to LikeWar -- Every wire a nerve : how the Internet changed the world -- The truth is out there : social media and the end of secrets -- The empires strike back : censorship, disinformation, and the burial of truth -- The unreality machine : the business of veracity vs. virality -- Win the net, win the day : the new wars for attention ... and power -- LikeWar : the conflicts that drive the Web and the world -- Masters of the universe : the new rules and rulers of LikeWar -- Conclusion: What do we know, what can we do?
Abstract "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.
General note"An Eamon Dolan Book."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 277-384) and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Singer, P.W. (Peter Warren). Likewar. Boston : Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018 9781328695758
Genre/formNonfiction.
LCCN 2018017519
ISBN9781328695741
ISBN1328695743 (hardback)

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Joyner General Stacks HM742 .S5745 2018 ✔ Available Place Hold