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100 1 _aNewitz, Annalee,
_d1969-
_eauthor.
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245 1 0 _aStories are weapons :
_bpsychological warfare and the American mind /
250 _aFirst edition.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bW. W. Norton & Company,
_c[2024]
264 4 _c�2024
300 _axxv, 246 pages ;
_c24 cm
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 207-227) and index.
505 0 _aPreface: The brain fog of war -- Part I: Psyops. The mind bomb -- A fake frontier -- Advertisements for disenfranchisement -- Part II: Culture wars. Bad brains -- School rules -- Dirty comics -- Part III: Disarmament. History is a gift -- Deprogramming for democracy -- Public spheres of the future.
520 _a"Annalee Newitz traces the way disinformation, propaganda, and violent threats--the essential tool kit for psychological warfare--have evolved from military weapons used against foreign adversaries into tools used in domestic culture wars. Newitz delves into America's deep-rooted history with psychological operations, beginning with Benjamin Franklin's Revolutionary War-era fake newspaper and reaching its apotheosis with disinformation during twenty-first-century elections. The nation's secret weapon has long been coercive storytelling, fashioned by operatives who drew on their experiences in the ad industry and as science-fiction writers. Now, through a weapons-transfer program long unacknowledged, it has found its way into the hands of culture warriors, in conflicts from school-board fights over LGBTQ+ students to campaigns against feminist viewpoints. Stories Are Weapons delivers a powerful counter-narrative, as Newitz highlights the process of psychological disarmament, speaking with Indigenous archivists preserving their histories in new ways, activist storytellers, and technology experts transforming social media"--
650 0 _aDisinformation.
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650 0 _aMisinformation.
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650 0 _aPropaganda.
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650 0 _aInternational relations.
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