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Reality Lost: Markets of Attention, Misinformation and Manipulation
This open access book looks at how a democracy can devolve into a post-factual state.
The media is being flooded by populist narratives, fake news, conspiracy theories and make-believe. Misinformation is turning into a challenge for all of us, whether politicians, journalists, or citizens. In the age of information, attention is a prime asset and may be converted into money, power, and influence – sometimes at the cost of facts. The point is to obtain exposure on the air and in print media, and to generate traffic on social media platforms. With information in abundance and attention scarce, the competition is ever fiercer with truth all too often becoming the first victim.
Reality Markets of Attention, Misinformation and Manipulation is an analysis by philosophers Vincent F. Hendricks and Mads Vestergaard of the nuts and bolts of the information market, the attention economy and media eco-system which may pave way to postfactual democracy. Here misleading narratives become the basis for political opinion formation, debate, and legislation. To curb this development and the threat it poses to democratic deliberation, political self-determination and freedom, it is necessary that we first grasp the mechanisms and structural conditions that cause it.
The media is being flooded by populist narratives, fake news, conspiracy theories and make-believe. Misinformation is turning into a challenge for all of us, whether politicians, journalists, or citizens. In the age of information, attention is a prime asset and may be converted into money, power, and influence – sometimes at the cost of facts. The point is to obtain exposure on the air and in print media, and to generate traffic on social media platforms. With information in abundance and attention scarce, the competition is ever fiercer with truth all too often becoming the first victim.
Reality Markets of Attention, Misinformation and Manipulation is an analysis by philosophers Vincent F. Hendricks and Mads Vestergaard of the nuts and bolts of the information market, the attention economy and media eco-system which may pave way to postfactual democracy. Here misleading narratives become the basis for political opinion formation, debate, and legislation. To curb this development and the threat it poses to democratic deliberation, political self-determination and freedom, it is necessary that we first grasp the mechanisms and structural conditions that cause it.
- GenresNonfictionPolitics
197 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 7, 2018
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March 19, 2024
Ovu sam knjigu dobila nakon što sam prisustvovala webinaru na kojem je autor Vincent Hendricks održao predavanje na temu lažnih vijesti. Jako zanimljiva i poučna tematika, i iskreno pomalo zastrašuje činjenica koliko političari i mediji manipuliraju istinom te s koliko laži filuju ljude. Od lažnih vijesti, muljaža na globalnim razinama pa sve do teorija zavjera. Autori navode Trumpove administracije kao neiscrpan primjer muljatora. I zabrinjavajuće je koliko Amerikanci puše sve što im on servira.
Također su se dotakli utjecaja online svijeta na istinu i kako se u virtualnom svijetu može lako manipulirati istinom i činjenicama. Knjiga je napisana 2018. Pitam se što bi autori imali danas za reći s obzirom na mogućnosti koje AI pruža na tom polju. Pitam se kuda ide ovaj svijet.
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Također su se dotakli utjecaja online svijeta na istinu i kako se u virtualnom svijetu može lako manipulirati istinom i činjenicama. Knjiga je napisana 2018. Pitam se što bi autori imali danas za reći s obzirom na mogućnosti koje AI pruža na tom polju. Pitam se kuda ide ovaj svijet.
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Globalni ciljevi: autor s neengleskog govornog područja
November 13, 2019
Classic read if you are concerned with the B.A the media feeds you
I really like this book.I think a portion of it was just dragged alittle.What's interesting is how the author compared two events in the screen for you.Fox news it says one thing and telemundo it says another.I think media zombies should read this as well...since you are looking for brains and the media plays a vital role in being your only Neuro source
I really like this book.I think a portion of it was just dragged alittle.What's interesting is how the author compared two events in the screen for you.Fox news it says one thing and telemundo it says another.I think media zombies should read this as well...since you are looking for brains and the media plays a vital role in being your only Neuro source
December 27, 2020
Accurate and terrifying
A probing analysis you cannot put down. Chapters that nail down the subject like a hammer striking an anvil at the end each chapter. Very scary stuff!
A probing analysis you cannot put down. Chapters that nail down the subject like a hammer striking an anvil at the end each chapter. Very scary stuff!
February 24, 2023
More a series of articles than a single book, like a collection of Oxford Research Encyclopedia pieces. The content is rather surface-level for what it is, but still nonetheless informative and spans a wide variety of issues about attention and information.
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