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Cyberwar: How Russian Hackers and Trolls Helped Elect a President: What We Don’t, Can’t, and Do Know

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Cyberwar. How Russian hackers and trolls helped elect a president – what we don’t, can’t, and do know. Jamieson Digital Instant Download

Author(s): Jamieson, Kathleen Hall

ISBN(s): 9780190915810, 0190915811

File Details: PDF, 17.59 MB

Year: 2018

Language: English

SKU: EB-7242350 Categories: Politics & Philosophy - Anthropology, Society Tags: Cyberwar, Helped Elect, Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Russian Hackers

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Cyberwar: How Russian Hackers and Trolls Helped Elect a President: What We Don’t, Can’t, and Do Know – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780190915810,0190915811,9780197528969, 0197528961

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ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0197528961
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9780197528969
Author: Kathleen Hall Jamieson

The question of how Donald Trump won the 2016 election looms over his presidency. In particular, were the 78,000 voters who gave him an Electoral College victory affected by the Russian trolls and hackers? Trump has denied it. So has Vladimir Putin. Others cast the answer as unknowable. In Cyberwar, Kathleen Hall Jamieson marshals the troll posts, unique polling data, analyses of how the press used hacked content, and a synthesis of half a century of media effects literature to argue that, although not certain, it is probable that the Russians helped elect the 45th president of the United States. In the process, she asks: How extensive was the troll messaging? What characteristics of social media did the Russians exploit? Why did the mainstream press rush the hacked content into the citizenry’s newsfeeds? Was Clinton telling the truth when she alleged that the debate moderators distorted what she said in the leaked speeches? Did the Russian influence extend beyond social media and news to alter the behavior of FBI director James Comey? After detailing the ways in which Russian efforts were abetted by the press, social media, candidates, party leaders, and a polarized public, Cyberwar closes with a warning: the country is ill-prepared to prevent a sequel. In this updated paperback edition, Jamieson covers the many new developments that have come to light since the original publication.

Table contents:

Part I Who Did It, Why, and What Research Says about How It Might Matter

1 How Do We Know That Russian Spies and Saboteurs (aka Hackers and Trolls) Intervened in the 2016 Presidential Election?

2 A Theory of Communication That Posits Effects

Part II The Prerequisites of Troll Influence

3 The First Troll Prerequisite: Widespread Messaging

4 The Second Troll Prerequisite: Messages Aligned with Trump’s Electoral Interests

5 The Third Troll Prerequisite, Part 1: Mobilizing White Christians and Veterans

6 The Third Troll Prerequisite, Part 2: Demobilizing Blacks and Sanders’s Supporters, and Shifting Liberals to Stein

7 The Fourth Troll Prerequisite: Persuasive Appeals

8 The Fifth Troll Prerequisite: Well-Targeted Messaging

Part III How the Russians Affected the News and Debate Agendas in the Last Month of the Campaign