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Author
Publisher
Little Brown & Co
Pub. Date
[2022].
Physical Desc
ix, 389 pages ; 24 cm.
Description
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 American 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.
Author
Series
Visit from the Goon Squad volume 2
Description
"The Candy House opens with the staggeringly brilliant Bix Bouton, whose company, Mandala, is so successful that he is "one of those tech demi-gods with whom we're all on a first name basis." Bix is 40, with four kids, restless, desperate for a new idea,when he stumbles into a conversation group, mostly Columbia professors, one of whom is experimenting with downloading or "externalizing" memory. It's 2010. Within a decade, Bix's new technology, "Own...
Author
Description
"The Novelist, which follows a young man over the course of a single morning as he fails to write an autobiographical novel about his heroin addiction and recovery, finding himself drawn into the infinite spaces of Twitter, quotidian rituals, and his own mind. The Novelist is about language and consciousness, the Internet and social media, and addiction and recovery. Itis a literary manifesto of optimism about deciding to live, even if the project...
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xxii, 297 pages ; 23 cm
Description
This book unpacks what happens to our brains and our behaviors each time we click 'Like' or even just scroll for new content on social media. Through interviews with top influencers, the latest studies, and pop-culture anecdotes, and Dr. Boxer Wachler'sown expertise as both a scientist and an influencer himself, he reveals how influence works.
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
288 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Seventeen-year-old Sasha, desperate to save her best friend Xavier from more heartache, creates a social media trap for his ex-girlfriend with the hopes of exposing her cheating ways, but Sasha's plan takes a dangerous turn that dramatically changes the course of everyone's life.
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
300 pages ; 22 cm
Description
After becoming a part of the Tau, one of twenty-two large global network Affinities in the near future, young Adam Fisk thinks his life has improved for the better until the different Affinities begin to go to war with one another -- in a conflict that will change Adam's world forever.
Author
Description
Lark Winters wants to be a writer, and for now that means posting on their social media accounts––anything to build their platform. When former best friend Kasim accidentally posts a thread on Lark's Twitter declaring his love for a secret, unrequited crush, Lark's tweets are suddenly the talk of the school—and beyond. To protect Kasim, Lark decides to take the fall, pretending they accidentally posted the thread in reference to another classmate....
8) Version zero
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
364 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
"Max, a data whiz at the social media company Wren, has gotten a firsthand glimpse of the dark side of big tech. When he questions what his company does with the data they collect, he's fired...then black-balled across Silicon Valley. With time on his hands and revenge on his mind, Max and his longtime friend (and secretly the love of his life) Akiko, decide to get even by rebooting the internet. After all, in order to fix things, sometimes you have...
Author
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
xix, 198 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Description
"The ultimate social media field guide for nonprofits--with 101 ways to engage supporters, share your mission, and inspire action using the social web. 101 Social Media Tactics for Nonprofits features actionable tactics that nonprofits can start using today, and most of the featured resources are free. Broken down into five key areas, this unique guide explains the steps and tools needed to implement each tactic, and provides many real-life examples...
10) Look
Author
Publisher
Dial Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
352 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"While falling in love with the mysterious Cass, Lulu sheds her carefully crafted social media persona and takes ownership of who she is in this feminist, queer coming-of-age story"--
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
Six years after the fight that ended their friendship, Daphne Berg is shocked when Drue Cavanaugh walks back into her life, looking as lovely and successful as ever, with a massive favor to ask. Daphne hasn't spoken one word to Drue in all this time -- she doesn't even hate-follow her ex-best friend on social media -- so when Drue asks if she will be her maid of honor at the society wedding of the summer, Daphne is rightfully speechless.
Author
Description
"As nightlife blogger, then social media strategist, and now Senior Director of Influencer Strategy and Talent Partnerships at Hearst Magazines Digital Media, Brittany Hennessy has seen the role of influencers evolve and expand into something that few could have imagined when social media first emerged. She has unrivaled insight into where the branded content industry was, where it is, and where it's going."--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
304 pages ; cm
Description
"A former FBI Special Agent, U.S. Army officer and leading cyber-security expert offers a devastating and essential look at the misinformation campaigns, fake news, and electronic espionage operations that have become the cutting edge of modern warfareand how we can protect ourselves and our country against them. lint Watts electrified the nation when he testified in front of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence regarding Russian interference...
Author
Publisher
McGraw-Hill
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
x, 260 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Description
Explains how to use social media such as Facebook and Twitter as marketing tools, describing how to communicate effectively with customers and incorporate a marketing strategy into a mix of new and old media.
Author
Publisher
Alpha Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
xvii, 317 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Description
Harness the power of Facebook to promote your business. This helpful guide gives you guidance on creating a Facebook marketing plan, defining your target market, and establishing a strong presence from the start.
16) Ezra exposed
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
236 pages ; 20 cm.
Description
At the end of fifth grade, Ezra finally gets a phone and everything changes. The funny pictures he's posting on social media are getting lots of attention. Other kids are noticing him for the first time. Then he takes a photo that pushes things over the edge, and suddenly he's in the principal's office with his parents.
Author
Publisher
Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
xi, 482 pages ; 24 cm.
Description
On December 14, 2012, a gunman killed twenty first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Ten years later, Sandy Hook has become a foundational story of how false conspiracy narratives and malicious misinformation have gained traction in society. One of the nation?s most devastating mass shootings, Sandy Hook was used to create destructive and painful myths. Driven by ideology or profit, or for no sound...
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
xi, 515 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"The industry provocateur behind such companies as Twitter and a nascent Facebook presents an irreverent exposé of life inside the tech bubble that traces his hedonist lifestyle against a backdrop of early social media and online marketing, sharing critical insights into how they are shaping today's world."--NoveList.
20) Paige not found
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
246 pages ; 22 cm
Description
When she discovers her parents had a chip implanted in her brain that keeps track of her location and brain activity, Paige dons her noise-canceling headphones and sets out to find the other kids in the study to show them what's been done to them.
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