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_aNewitz, Annalee, _d1969- _eauthor. _9140095 |
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_aStories are weapons : _bpsychological warfare and the American mind / |
250 | _aFirst edition. | ||
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_aNew York, NY : _bW. W. Norton & Company, _c[2024] |
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_axxv, 246 pages ; _c24 cm |
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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"-- | ||
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_aDisinformation. _9140096 |
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_aMisinformation. _9140097 |
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_aPropaganda. _9140098 |
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_aInternational relations. _912169 |
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