Lie Machines: How to Save Democracy from Troll Armies, Deceitful Robots, Junk News Operations, and Political Operatives

by Philip N. Howard

Book Overview

New technologies now jeopardize our attention, our discourse, and our democracies. Harnessing information garnered from polling data, internet postings, and insider interviews, Philip N. Howard offers a way to identify and derail "lie machines"--and questions how they will evolve as the internet grows increasingly integrated into public life.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300250207
• ISBN13: 9780300250206
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.6"