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A review by tonyleachsf
Network Propaganda: Manipulation, Disinformation, and Radicalization in American Politics by Hal Roberts, Yochai Benkler, Robert Faris
4.0
Well researched, with believable conclusions about the state of America’s media ecosystem and how it led to surprising results in the 2016 election.
On one hand, it’s encouraging that the authors don’t lay the blame at the feet of technology - the most obvious culprit. On the other, it’s disheartening that our media ecosystem is so broken that we’re unlikely to see much change, at least not soon.
It’s hard to avoid the strong perspective the authors have, which in many cases reads like bias. I worry that even having this whiff of bias may turn people against this book, only when they’re the ones that need to read it the most.
On one hand, it’s encouraging that the authors don’t lay the blame at the feet of technology - the most obvious culprit. On the other, it’s disheartening that our media ecosystem is so broken that we’re unlikely to see much change, at least not soon.
It’s hard to avoid the strong perspective the authors have, which in many cases reads like bias. I worry that even having this whiff of bias may turn people against this book, only when they’re the ones that need to read it the most.