Social Engineering: How Crowdmasters, Phreaks, Hackers, and Trolls Created a New Form of Manipulativ E Communication

by Robert W. Gehl and Sean T Lawson

Manipulative communication--from early twentieth-century propaganda to today's online con artistry--examined through the lens of social engineering.

The United States is awash in manipulated information about everything from election results to the effectiveness of medical treatments. Corporate social media is an especially good channel for manipulative communication, with Facebook a particularly willing vehicle for it. In Social...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262543451
• ISBN13: 9780262543453
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"