Hype: How Scammers, Grifters, and Con Artists Are Taking Over the Internet--And Why We're Following by Bluestone, Gabrielle

Hype: How Scammers, Grifters, and Con Artists Are Taking Over the Internet--And Why We're Following

"Hype is the best kind of nonfiction: juicy, sharp, savage and wildly entertaining, with a celebrity behaving...
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Author: Gabrielle Bluestone
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Hype: How Scammers, Grifters, and Con Artists Are Taking Over the Internet--And Why We're Following by Bluestone, Gabrielle

Hype: How Scammers, Grifters, and Con Artists Are Taking Over the Internet--And Why We're Following

$68.23

Hype: How Scammers, Grifters, and Con Artists Are Taking Over the Internet--And Why We're Following

$68.23
Author: Gabrielle Bluestone
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
"Hype is the best kind of nonfiction: juicy, sharp, savage and wildly entertaining, with a celebrity behaving badly on every page. What more could you want?" -Cat Marnell, New York Times-bestselling author of How to Murder Your Life

From former Vice journalist and executive producer of hit Netflix documentary Fyre comes an eye-opening look at the con artists, grifters and snake oil salesmen of the digital age--and why we can't stop falling for them.

We live in an age where scams are the new normal. A charismatic entrepreneur sells thousands of tickets to a festival that never happened. Respected investors pour millions into a start-up centered around fake blood tests. Reviewers and celebrities flock to London's top-rated restaurant that's little more than a backyard shed. These unsettling stories of today's viral grifters have risen to fame and hit the front-page headlines, yet the curious conundrum remains: Why do these scams happen?

Drawing from scientific research, marketing campaigns, and exclusive documents and interviews, former Vice reporter Gabrielle Bluestone delves into the irresistible hype that fuels our social media ecosystem, whether it's from the trusted influencers that peddled Fyre or the consumer reviews that sold Juicero. A cultural examination that is as revelatory as it is relevant, Hype pulls back the curtain on the manipulation game behind the never-ending scam season--and how we as consumers can stop getting played.

Author: Gabrielle Bluestone
Publisher: Hanover Square Press
Published: 04/06/2021
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9781335016492


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/08/2021
Booklist 03/15/2021 pg. 20

About the Author
Bluestone, Gabrielle: - Gabrielle Bluestone is a journalist and licensed attorney from New York whose writing has appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, New York Observer, Sunday Times Magazine, Esquire, InStyle and Gawker. She is the Emmy-nominated producer of Netflix's "Fyre" and the associate producer of "Different Flowers," winner of the 2017 Kansas City FilmFest Festival Prize.

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