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31952002409915
Title
Stories are weapons : psychological warfare and the American mind / Annalee Newitz.
Author
Newitz, Annalee, 1969- author.
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POLITICS NEW
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NF Politics
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9780393881516 (hardcover)
International Standard Book Number
0393881512 (hardcover)
Personal Name
Newitz, Annalee, 1969- author.
Title Statement
Stories are weapons : psychological warfare and the American mind / Annalee Newitz.
Varying Form of Title
Psychological warfare and the American mind
Edition Statement
First edition.
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©2024
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice
New York, New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2024]
Physical Description
xxv, 246 pages ; 24 cm
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unmediated n rdamedia
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volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography, Etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-227) and index (pages 229-246).
Formatted Contents Note
Preface: The brain fog of war -- Part I: Psyops. The mind bomb ; 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.
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"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." -- Goodreads.
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International relations.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term
Propaganda.
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Disinformation.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term
Misinformation.
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