Summary: P. W. Singer's Like War: The Weaponization of Social Media

by Sarah Fields

In their bestselling book The Weaponization of Social Media, authors P. W. Singer and Emerson Brooking tackle the numerous mind‑bending questions that arise in the age of social media. They observe that in this age, the war goes online and the online world also goes to war. Singer and Brooking explore how a former World of Warcraft addict foiled war crimes from a thousand miles away, how the ISIS copies the Instagram tactics of celebrities like Taylor Swift, how the internet trolls shape a nation’s elections, and how China uses a smartphone app to police the actions and thoughts of their citizens. The Weaponization of Social Media looks to the crucial years ahead of social media. The book outlines a radical new paradigm of viewing and understanding the world we live in and we can defend ourselves against all the unprecedented threats of our wired world.

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54 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 12, 2019