{"product_id":"affective-politics-of-digital-media-propaganda-by-other-means-paperback","title":"Affective Politics of Digital Media: Propaganda by Other Means - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMegan Boler\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Davis\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis interdisciplinary, international collection examines how sophisticated digital practices and technologies exploit and capitalize on emotions, with particular focus on how social media are used to exacerbate social conflicts surrounding racism, misogyny, and nationalism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRadically expanding the study of media and political communications, this book bridges humanities and social sciences to explore affective information economies, and how emotions are being weaponized within mediatized political landscapes. The chapters cover a wide range of topics: how clickbait, fake news, and right-wing actors deploy and weaponize emotion; new theoretical directions for understanding affect, algorithms, and public spheres; and how the wedding of big data and behavioral science enables new frontiers of propaganda, as seen in the Cambridge Analytica and Facebook scandal. The collection includes original interviews with luminary media scholars and journalists. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book features contributions from established and emerging scholars of communications, media studies, affect theory, journalism, policy studies, gender studies, and critical race studies to address questions of concern to scholars, journalists, and students in these fields and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMegan Boler is Professor in the Social Justice Education Department at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto. Her research focuses on philosophy and politics of emotion; critical studies of affect, social media, and propaganda; and digital media practices within social movements. Her books include \u003ci\u003eFeeling Power: Emotions and Education\u003c\/i\u003e (1999), \u003ci\u003eDemocratic Dialogue in Education\u003c\/i\u003e (2004), \u003ci\u003eDigital Media and Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e (2008), and \u003ci\u003eDIY Citizenship\u003c\/i\u003e (Ratto and Boler, 2014).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Davis is a PhD candidate in the Social Justice Education Department at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto. Her research focuses on histories and structures of feeling drawing on materialist, feminist, critical race, disability, media, and cultural studies approaches. Her articles can be found in \u003cem\u003eTheory \u0026amp; Event\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEmotion, Space and Society\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Senses and Society\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 366\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 03, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51790617444640,"sku":"9780367510657","price":90.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d03aece3631803e237f5941bb8c5e614.webp?v=1780681436","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/affective-politics-of-digital-media-propaganda-by-other-means-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}