{"product_id":"antisocial-online-extremists-techno-utopians-and-the-hijacking-of-the-american-conversation-paperback","title":"Antisocial: Online Extremists, Techno-Utopians, and the Hijacking of the American Conversation - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrew Marantz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Trenchant and intelligent.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAs seen\/heard on NPR, New Yorker Radio Hour, The New York Book Review Podcast, PBS Newshour, CNBC, and more.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of 2019 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom a rising star at \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, a deeply immersive chronicle of how the optimistic entrepreneurs of Silicon Valley set out to create a free and democratic internet--and how the cynical propagandists of the alt-right exploited that freedom to propel the extreme into the mainstream. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor several years, Andrew Marantz, a\u003ci\u003e New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e staff writer, has been embedded in two worlds. The first is the world of social-media entrepreneurs, who, acting out of naïvete and reckless ambition, upended all traditional means of receiving and transmitting information. The second is the world of the people he calls \"the gate crashers\"--the conspiracists, white supremacists, and nihilist trolls who have become experts at using social media to advance their corrosive agenda. \u003ci\u003eAntisocial\u003c\/i\u003e ranges broadly--from the first mass-printed books to the trending hashtags of the present; from secret gatherings of neo-Fascists to the White House press briefing room--and traces how the unthinkable becomes thinkable, and then how it becomes reality. Combining the keen narrative detail of Bill Buford's \u003ci\u003eAmong the Thugs \u003c\/i\u003eand the sweep of George Packer's \u003ci\u003eThe Unwinding\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Antisocial\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how the boundaries between technology, media, and politics have been erased, resulting in a deeply broken informational landscape--the landscape in which we all now live. Marantz shows how alienated young people are led down the rabbit hole of online radicalization, and how fringe ideas spread--from anonymous corners of social media to cable TV to the President's Twitter feed. Marantz also sits with the creators of social media as they start to reckon with the forces they've unleashed. Will they be able to solve the communication crisis they helped bring about, or are their interventions too little too late?\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrew Marantz is a staff writer at \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, where he has worked since 2011. His work has also appeared in \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMother Jones\u003c\/i\u003e, the\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other publications. A contributor to \u003ci\u003eRadiolab\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker Radio Hour\u003c\/i\u003e, he has spoken at TED and has been interviewed on CNN, MSNBC, NPR, and many other outlets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768492032288,"sku":"9780525522287","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/74d083edf53d1fdaa20acfae8f661ee0.webp?v=1780330892","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/antisocial-online-extremists-techno-utopians-and-the-hijacking-of-the-american-conversation-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}