''Network Propaganda: Manipulation, Disinformation and Radicalization in American Politics'' is a 2018 book by American scholars Robert Faris, Hal Roberts and

Yochai Benkler Yochai Benkler ( ; born 1964) is an Israeli-American author and the Berkman Professor of Entrepreneurial Legal Studies at Harvard Law School. He is also a faculty co-director of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Univers ...

, focusing on the negative effects of information technology on the

American society The society of the United States is based on Western culture, and has been developing since long before the United States became a country with its own unique social and cultural characteristics such as American English, dialect, Music of the ...

and its impact on media polarization. Covering the period from the start of the 2016 election cycle to the one year anniversary of

Donald Trump Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served as the 45 ...

inauguration In government and politics, inauguration is the process of swearing a person into office and thus making that person the incumbent. Such an inauguration commonly occurs through a formal ceremony or special event, which may also include an inau ...

, it tracks a rapid conversion of the right-wing media ecosystem from mainstream journalism with a

fact-checking Fact-checking is the process of verifying the factual accuracy of questioned reporting and statements. Fact-checking can be conducted before or after the text or content is published or otherwise disseminated. Internal fact-checking is such che ...

dynamic, to an insular self-referential model rewarding ideological consonance over factual accuracy.

References

External links

*
Network Propaganda: Manipulation, Disinformation, and Radicalization in American Politics
' on

Oxford Academic Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world. Its first book was printed in Oxford in 1478, with the Press officially granted the legal right to print books ...

2018 non-fiction books Books about the Internet Books about politics of the United States Oxford University Press books {{internet-book-stub