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1) Doppelganger: a trip into the mirror world

Author

Klein, Naomi

Publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Pub. Date

2023.

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

Description

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"What if you woke up one morning and found you'd acquired another self--a double who was almost you and yet not you at all? What if that double shared many of your preoccupations but, in a twisted, upside-down way, furthered the very causes you'd devoted your life to fighting against? Not long ago, the ... activist and public intellectual Naomi Klein had just such an experience: she was confronted with a doppelganger whose views she found abhorrent...

2) Behind their screens: what teens are facing (and adults are missing)

Author

Weinstein, Emily

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

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"Presents a teen-level view of stresses and joys behind digital screens, including peer relationships, conflict, digital footprints, and civic life"--

3) Likeable social media: how to delight your customers, create an irresistible brand, and be generally amazing on Facebook (and other social networks)

Author

Kerpen, Dave

Publisher

McGraw-Hill

Pub. Date

c2011

Language

English

4) I am not a slut: slut-shaming in the age of the Internet

Author

Tanenbaum, Leora

Publisher

Harper Perennial

Pub. Date

[2015]

Language

English

Description

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The author of the groundbreaking work Slut! explores the phenomenon of slut-shaming in the age of sexting, tweeting, and "liking." She shows that the sexual double standard is more dangerous than ever before and offers wisdom and strategies for alleviating its destructive effects on young women's lives. Young women are encouraged to express themselves sexually. Yet when they do, they are derided as "sluts." Caught in a double bind of mixed sexual...

5) The chaos machine: the inside story of how social media rewired our minds and our world /|cMax Fisher

Author

Fisher, Max

Publisher

Little, Brown and Company

Pub. Date

[2022]

Language

English

Description

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The gripping and galling inside story of how Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and other social networks preyed on psychological frailties to create the algorithms that drive everyday users to extreme opinions and, increasingly, extreme actions. The companies' founding tenets, combined with a blinkered focus on maximizing engagement, have led to a destabilized world for everyone.

6) Shame nation: the global epidemic of online hate

Author

Scheff, Sue

Publisher

Sourcebooks

Pub. Date

[2017]

Language

English

Description

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In today's digitally driven world, disaster is only a click away. A rogue tweet could bring down a business; an army of trolls can run a celebrity off-line; and virtual harassment might cause real psychological damage. Shame Nation is the first book to both study the fascinating phenomenon of online shaming, and offer practical guidance and inspiring advice on how to prevent and protect against cyber blunders and faceless bullies. Author and acclaimed...