Antisocial Media · How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy by Vaidhyanathan, Siva -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

INTRODUCTION The Problem with Facebook Is Facebook

POLLUTION MOTIVATION AND DELIBERATION THE AGE OF SOPHISTRY THE GREAT SCRAMBLE HOW TO THINK ABOUT MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY THE MISEDUCATION OF MARK ZUCKERBERG CONFESSIONS

1 The Pleasure Machine

SNACK FOOD A SKINNER BOX A SERIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS PERFORMING POLITICS AND IDENTITY

2 The Surveillance Machine

DATA FOR DOLLARS ENEMIES OF THE STATES THE PROBLEM WITH PRIVACY THE CRYPTOPTICON SOCIETY THE ZUCKERBERG DOCTRINE

3 The Attention Machine

THE ATTENTION ECONOMY HOW FACEBOOK TURNS PERSONAL DATA INTO PROPAGANDA FUNNEL VISION FEEDING THE BEAST THE OPERATING SYSTEM OF OUR LIVES

4 The Benevolence Machine

SOCIAL ENGINEERING IN INDIA DIGITAL IMPERIALISM LEARNING FROM ENRON THE HIGH COST OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP POLITICS WITHOUT ROMANCE ROMANCE WITHOUT POLITICS BE EVIL

5 The Protest Machine

NOT ALONE TECHNO-NARCISSISM DEMOCRACY-COLORED GLASSES WHAT’S LEFT?

6 The Politics Machine

PSYCHOGRAPHICS, QU’EST-CE QUE C’EST? VAPORWARE EVERYWHERE THE DAMAGE HYPERMEDIA IT’S COMING FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE HOW FACEBOOK HELPED MAKE TRUMP PRESIDENT THE NEW CONSULTANTS

7 The Disinformation Machine

DISINFORMATION THE DISINFORMATION ABOUT “FAKE NEWS” THE AUTHORITARIAN PLAYBOOK FREE BASICS ENABLES OPPRESSION

CONCLUSION The Nonsense Machine

STOP AND THINK THE RATIONALIST PATH TO THE IRRATIONAL PRESENT PROGRESS VS. INNOVATION “THE INTERNET” AND ITS DISCONTENTS TECHNOPOLY RESISTANCE AND RESIGNATION REGULATION AND REFORM

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS NOTES INDEX