Technology & society
The Hype Machine: How Social Media Disrupts Our Elections, Our Economy, and Our Health - and How We Must Adapt
By Sinan Aral, the David Austin Professor of Management and professor of information technology and marketing
Currency · 2020
Drawing on decades of research and business experience, Aral provides an insider's tour of how social media affects our decision-making and shapes our world in ways both useful and dangerous, with critical insights into the social media trends of the 2020 election and beyond.
From Summer 2021 recommended reading from MIT (MIT News).
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