LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media

There are books that define the world that we are living in, and brings our reality into sharp focus. This is one of those books. Never will I look at my Twitter feed in the same way again.The best thing about the book is how well researched it is. Also, the logical sequence of subjects that makes it easy to comprehend this vast, new and extremely complex area of study, without drowning you in a deluge of jargon. Extremely readable, and very very disturbing at places.Must read for everyone who cares to understand our reality a little better.

This like the #metoo movement. We were all kind of aware that bad stuff went on, then the lights went on and we threw up our hands in horror.This well written, evidence based book - it has a good wadge of citations at the back - turns the floodlamps on on the murky world of Russian bots, troll farms and information manipulation.Buy this book to read yourself, but also with which to whack your friends when they share toxic memes and fake news.

This book is an excellent analysis of the social media and virtual landscape and provides some challenges to long-standing geopolitical assumptions. The authors provide some excellent historical context, and masterfully lay out how, for good or ill, social media is here to see and has a profound effect on the world off the Internet. Tying in neuroscience, psychology, information technology, history, and political science, this book is especially timely in the era of COVID-19 and a looming American presidential election. I highly recommend giving this a read--it is past time we started taking the powers and dangers of social media seriously, and learn how to use it responsibly.

Lo recomiendo a todos los que les interese la politica y el mundo actual. Una lectura agradable, intrigante y de mucho interes!

A brilliant book, worth every minute. Couldn't resist reading through the night when I got it.

It’s interesting to learn how social media is used to manipulate the masses, but the author has obvious biases against conservatives. Be prepared for the typical bashing of Trump supporters, climate skeptics, etc. I’m not even the target of the attacks, but it’s so blatant, I even found myself rolling my eyes and groaning at the childishness of it.