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Cover 1 Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy 4 Copyright 5 Dedication 6 Epigraph 8 Contents 10 Antisocial Media 12 Introduction: The Problem with Facebook Is Facebook 14 POLLUTION 17 MOTIVATION AND DELIBERATION 20 THE AGE OF SOPHISTRY 24 THE GREAT SCRAMBLE 28 HOW TO THINK ABOUT MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY 33 THE MISEDUCATION OF MARK ZUCKERBERG 40 CONFESSIONS 42 1. The Pleasure Machine 44 SNACK FOOD 48 A SKINNER BOX 49 A SERIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS 54 PERFORMING POLITICS AND IDENTITY 60 2. The Surveillance Machine 65 DATA FOR DOLLARS 69 ENEMIES OF THE STATES 75 THE PROBLEM WITH PRIVACY 77 THE CRYPTOPTICON 78 SOCIETY 82 THE ZUCKERBERG DOCTRINE 85 3. The Attention Machine 90 THE ATTENTION ECONOMY 93 HOW FACEBOOK TURNS PERSONAL DATA INTO PROPAGANDA 100 FUNNEL VISION 102 FEEDING THE BEAST 108 THE OPERATING SYSTEM OF OUR LIVES 111 4. The Benevolence Machine 119 SOCIAL ENGINEERING IN INDIA 123 DIGITAL IMPERIALISM 125 LEARNING FROM ENRON 126 THE HIGH COST OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP 132 POLITICS WITHOUT ROMANCE 133 ROMANCE WITHOUT POLITICS 135 BE EVIL 138 5. The Protest Machine 141 NOT ALONE 145 TECHNO-NARCISSISM 150 DEMOCRACY-COLORED

Author

Siva Vaidhyanathan

Language

EN

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4.5 / 5 (145 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14