Stories Are Weapons Psychological Warfare and the American Mind
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Sprache:Englisch
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Produktdetails
Verkaufsrang
38812
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Erscheinungsdatum
04.06.2024
Verlag
W. W. Norton & CompanySeitenzahl
272
Maße (L/B/H)
23.1/15.5/2.7 cm
Gewicht
493 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-393-88151-6
In Stories Are Weapons, best-selling author Annalee Newitz traces the way disinformation, propaganda and violent threats-the essential tool kit for psychological warfare-have evolved from military weapons deployed against foreign adversaries into tools in domestic culture wars. Newitz delves into America's deep-rooted history with psychological operations, beginning with Benjamin Franklin's Revolutionary War-era fake newspaper and reaching its apotheosis with misinformation during twenty-first-century elections. The nation's secret weapon has long been coercive storytelling, fashioned by operatives who drew on their experiences in the ad industry and as science fiction writers. Now, through a weapons-transfer programme long unacknowledged, it has found its way into the hands of culture warriors, in conflicts from school board fights over LGBT students to campaigns against feminist viewpoints. Stories Are Weapons delivers a powerful counter-narrative, as Newitz highlights the process of psychological disarmament, speaking with Indigenous archivists preserving their histories in new ways, activist storytellers and technology experts transforming social media.
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