Information wars : how we lost the global battle against disinformation and what we can do about it / Richard Stengel.
Information wars : how we lost the global battle against disinformation and what we can do about it / Richard Stengel.
Alternate Title
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How we lost the global battle against disinformation and what we can do about it
By
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Stengel, Richard.
Publication Date
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2019
Publication Information
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New York : Atlantic Monthly Press,
Edition
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First edition.
Physical Description
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357 p.
Subject Term
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Information warfare.
Disinformation.
Ukraine Conflict, 2014- -- Mass media and the war.
Mass media and international relations.
Internet and international relations.
Terrorism in mass media.
Social media -- Political aspects.
Geographic Term
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Russia (Federation) -- Foreign relations.
Summary
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In a narrative that is by turns dramatic and eye-opening, Information Wars walks readers through of this often frustrating battle. Stengel moves through Russia and Ukraine, Saudi Arabia and Iraq, and introduces characters from Putin to Hillary Clinton, John Kerry and Mohamed bin Salman to show how disinformation is impacting our global society. He illustrates how ISIS terrorized the world using social media, and how the Russians launched a tsunami of disinformation around the annexation of Crimea - a scheme that became the model for their interference with the 2016 presidential election. An urgent book for our times, Information Wars stresses that we must find a way to combat this ever growing threat to democracy.
Language
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English
ISBN
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9780802147981
General Note
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Includes index.
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | Adult NFic | Adult Non-Fiction | 355.343 ST4 | Checked In |