The chaos machine : the inside story of how social media rewired our minds and our world / Max Fisher.
"We all have a vague sense that social media is bad for us, for our children, and for our democracies. But what exactly is it about Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and other platforms that causes this creeping feeling of unease? Max Fisher, using years of his own international reporting for the New York Times, tells the inside story of how the social networks fundamentally altered the world, detailing the roots of their ideology, their race to maximize engagement, and the resulting algorithms that drive everyday users to extreme opinions and, increasingly, extreme actions. Taking the listener from deep inside Silicon Valley to the far reaches of Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Germany, and Brazil, Max Fisher unfolds the definitive account of how the social-media harms that sometimes began in forgotten pockets of the world saw their dark culmination in America through the pandemic, the 2020 election, and Capitol Insurrection. The result is an intimately detailed account of the consequences of the polarization that social media incubates: the cancellations, the omnipotence of hate speech, and the spillover into real-world violence. Fisher weaves together the stories of dozens of alarmed outsiders and Silicon Valley defectors to reveal the true human cost at the heart of social media."-- Amazon
Record details
- ISBN: 9780316703321
- ISBN: 031670332X
- Physical Description: ix, 389 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2022.
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-375) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Prologue: Consequences -- Trapped in the casino -- Everything is gamergate -- Opening the portal -- Tyranny of cousins -- Awakening the machine -- The fun house mirror -- The germs and the wind -- Church bells -- The rabbit hole -- The new overlords -- Dictatorship of the like -- Infodemic -- Epilogue: Whistleblowing.
Search for related items by subject
Available copies
- 32 of 38 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Madison County Public Library.
Holds
- 1 current hold with 38 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mars Hill Library | 302.23 FIS (Text) | 30229101265337 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Accessibility Features
| LDR | 02894cam a2200373 i 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | 13569781 | ||
| 003 | CARDINAL | ||
| 005 | 20221014083903.4 | ||
| 008 | 220829t20222022nyu e b 001 0 eng d | ||
| 010 | . | ‡a 2022941585 | |
| 020 | . | ‡a9780316703321 ‡q(hardcover) | |
| 020 | . | ‡a031670332X ‡q(hardcover) | |
| 035 | . | ‡a(OCoLC)1342598831 | |
| 040 | . | ‡aTAW ‡beng ‡erda ‡cTAW ‡dTAW ‡dIMT ‡dOI6 ‡dPAU ‡dCLE | |
| 082 | 0 | 4. | ‡a302.23/1 ‡223 |
| 100 | 1 | . | ‡aFisher, Max, ‡eauthor. |
| 245 | 1 | 4. | ‡aThe chaos machine : ‡bthe inside story of how social media rewired our minds and our world / ‡cMax Fisher. |
| 246 | 3 | 0. | ‡aInside story of how social media rewired our minds and our world |
| 250 | . | ‡aFirst edition | |
| 264 | 1. | ‡aNew York : ‡bLittle, Brown and Company, ‡c2022. | |
| 264 | 4. | ‡c©2022 | |
| 300 | . | ‡aix, 389 pages ; ‡c24 cm | |
| 336 | . | ‡atext ‡btxt ‡2rdacontent | |
| 337 | . | ‡aunmediated ‡bn ‡2rdamedia | |
| 338 | . | ‡avolume ‡bnc ‡2rdacarrier | |
| 504 | . | ‡aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 343-375) and index. | |
| 505 | 0 | . | ‡aPrologue: Consequences -- Trapped in the casino -- Everything is gamergate -- Opening the portal -- Tyranny of cousins -- Awakening the machine -- The fun house mirror -- The germs and the wind -- Church bells -- The rabbit hole -- The new overlords -- Dictatorship of the like -- Infodemic -- Epilogue: Whistleblowing. |
| 520 | . | ‡a"We all have a vague sense that social media is bad for us, for our children, and for our democracies. But what exactly is it about Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and other platforms that causes this creeping feeling of unease? Max Fisher, using years of his own international reporting for the New York Times, tells the inside story of how the social networks fundamentally altered the world, detailing the roots of their ideology, their race to maximize engagement, and the resulting algorithms that drive everyday users to extreme opinions and, increasingly, extreme actions. Taking the listener from deep inside Silicon Valley to the far reaches of Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Germany, and Brazil, Max Fisher unfolds the definitive account of how the social-media harms that sometimes began in forgotten pockets of the world saw their dark culmination in America through the pandemic, the 2020 election, and Capitol Insurrection. The result is an intimately detailed account of the consequences of the polarization that social media incubates: the cancellations, the omnipotence of hate speech, and the spillover into real-world violence. Fisher weaves together the stories of dozens of alarmed outsiders and Silicon Valley defectors to reveal the true human cost at the heart of social media."-- ‡cAmazon | |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aSocial media ‡xPsychological aspects. | |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aInternet ‡xSocial aspects. | |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aSocial media and society. | |
| 650 | 7. | ‡aSocial media. ‡2homoit | |
| 902 | . | ‡aMARCIVE 202309 | |
| 901 | . | ‡a13569781 ‡bOCoLC ‡c13569781 ‡tbiblio ‡sSystem Local | |
