Internet and Social Media
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![]() SpinPolitics and Marketing in a Divided Age |
Aided by masses of data, sophisticated computer modelling, and smart manipulation of social media, political strategists are reshaping the way voters think. And act. Clive Veroni analyzes the … | Clive Veroni | 367 | 2014 | View |
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From ![]() NEW! Sweden: Balancing the Public’s Right to Privacy and the Public’s Right to Know, Looking at privacy challenges that arise from embracing transparency, with a focus on the publication of criminal conviction information |
In this chapter, Malone examines Sweden’s problems with transparency under the European Union privacy law, contrasting this struggle with Canada’s, Access to Information Act. | Matt Malone | 19 | 2026 | $1.90 Add |
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From ![]() The Age of the Open BrandFrom: Spin |
From Spin: Politics and Marketing in a Divided Age | Clive Veroni | 33 | 2014 | $3.30 Add |
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From ![]() The Airport PrisonerFrom: Man at the Airport |
Trapped at the airport for six months, Al Kontar connects with Nuseir Yassin, a social media content creator with millions of followers. | Hassan Al Kontar | 10 | 2021 | $1.00 Add |
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From ![]() The End of Mass Marketing as We Know ItFrom: Spin |
From Spin: Politics and Marketing in a Divided Age | Clive Veroni | 3 | 2014 | $0.30 Add |
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From ![]() The Market for Our MindsFrom: Reset |
Chapter 1 explores the economic engine that underlies social media: the personal data surveillance economy. Social media platforms describe themselves in many different, seemingly benign ways: … | Ronald J. Deibert | 40 | 2020 | $4.00 Add |
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From ![]() The Olive FarmFrom: Man at the Airport |
In the opening chapter, Al Kontar reflects on the Syrian Civil War and his childhood on an olive farm in Sweida. | Hassan Al Kontar | 7 | 2021 | $0.70 Add |
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From ![]() The Power of the Passionate FewFrom: Spin |
From Spin: Politics and Marketing in a Divided Age | Clive Veroni | 26 | 2014 | $2.60 Add |
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From ![]() Toxic Addiction MachinesFrom: Reset |
Chapter 2 examines the interplay between social media and social psychology. The job of social media engineers is to design their products in such a way as to capture and retain users’ … | Ronald J. Deibert | 55 | 2020 | $5.50 Add |
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From ![]() Two FacesFrom: Man at the Airport |
This chapter details the author’s experiences in Abu Dhabi and Dubai as he tried to make friends and find work. He was in the UAE when the conflict in Syria began. | Hassan Al Kontar | 15 | 2021 | $1.50 Add |
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From ![]() What Is It with the Media!From: Man at the Airport |
In this chapter, Al Kontar discusses the media’s reaction to his social media campaign, and how the Western and Arab media organizations differed in their coverage. | Hassan Al Kontar | 13 | 2021 | $1.30 Add |
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From ![]() You’re a Celebrity NowFrom: Man at the Airport |
In this chapter, Al Kontar writes about his growing fame, and his interactions with people whose interest in him was motivated by selfish reasons. | Hassan Al Kontar | 11 | 2021 | $1.10 Add |







