Social Warming: How Social Media Polarises Us All

An impassioned exploration of the ways in which social media has manipulated us all 'Witty, rigorous, and...
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Author: Charles Arthur
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Social Warming: How Social Media Polarises Us All by Arthur, Charles

Social Warming: How Social Media Polarises Us All

$52.83

Social Warming: How Social Media Polarises Us All

$52.83
Author: Charles Arthur
Format: Paperback
Language: English
An impassioned exploration of the ways in which social media has manipulated us all

'Witty, rigorous, and as urgent as a fire alarm' Dorian Lynskey

'Cooly prosecutorial' Guardian

Nobody meant for this to happen.

Facebook didn't mean to facilitate a genocide.

Twitter didn't want to be used to harass women.

YouTube never planned to radicalise young men.

But with billions of users, these platforms need only tweak their algorithms to generate more 'engagement'. In so doing, they bring unrest to previously settled communities and erode our relationships.

Social warming has happened gradually - as a by-product of our preposterously convenient digital existence. But the gradual deterioration of our attitudes and behaviour on- and offline - this vicious cycle of anger and outrage - is real. And it can be corrected. Here's how.

Author: Charles Arthur
Publisher: ONEWorld Publications
Published: 08/10/2021
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.70w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780861542291


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 07/01/2021 pg. 7

About the Author
Charles Arthur is a journalist, author and speaker, writing on science and technology for over thirty years. He was technology editor of the Guardian from 2005-2014, and afterwards carried out research into social division at Cambridge University. He is the author of two specialist books, Digital Wars and Cyber Wars.

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