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049 _aMAIN
100 1 _aHannan, Jason,
_d1976-
_eauthor.
_965258
245 1 0 _aTrolling ourselves to death :
_bdemocracy in the age of social media /
_cJason Hannan.
246 3 0 _aDemocracy in the age of social media
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bOxford University Press,
_c[2024]
300 _a1 online resource (unpaged).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
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338 _aonline resource
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341 0 _atextual
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490 1 _aOxford studies digital politics
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _a"We commonly think of trolls as anonymous online pranksters who hide behind clever avatars and screen names. Trolling Ourselves to Death reveals how the trolls have emerged from the cave and now walk in the clear light of day. Once limited to the darker corners of the internet, trolls have since gone mainstream, invading our politics and eroding our civic culture. Trolls are changing the norms of democratic politics and shaping how we communicate in the public sphere. Adding a twist to Neil Postman's classic thesis, this book argues that we are not so much amusing as trolling ourselves to death. But how did this come to be? Is this transformation attributable solely to digital technology? Or are there deeper political, economic, and cultural roots? This book moves beyond the familiar picture of trolls by recasting trolling in a broader historical light. It shows how trolling is the logical expression of widespread alienation, cynicism, and paranoia deeply rooted in a culture of possessive individualism. Drawing from Postman, Alasdair MacIntyre, Karl Marx, and Hannah Arendt, this book explores the disturbing rise of political unreason in the form of mass trolling. It explains the proliferation of disinformation, conspiracy theory, "cancel culture," and public shaming. Taking inspiration from G. F. W. Hegel, Paulo Freire, and bell hooks, this book makes a case for building a spirit of trust to counter the culture of mass distrust that feeds the epidemic of political trolling"--
_cProvided by publisher.
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588 _aDescription based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 30, 2023).
650 0 _aCommunication in politics.
_965259
650 0 _aSocial media in government.
_965260
650 0 _aOnline trolling.
_965261
650 0 _aInternet users
_xPsychology.
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650 0 _aPolitical participation
_xComputer network resources.
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776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aHannan, Jason, 1976-
_tTrolling ourselves to death
_dNew York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
_z9780197557778
_w(DLC) 2023040389
830 0 _aOxford studies in digital politics.
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