Internet and Social Media

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Spin

Spin

Politics 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 … 367 View
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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
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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

From: Open Governments, Secret Canada

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. 19 $1.90 Add
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The Age of the Open Brand

The Age of the Open Brand

From: Spin

From Spin: Politics and Marketing in a Divided Age 33 $3.30 Add
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The Airport Prisoner

The Airport Prisoner

From: 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. 10 $1.00 Add
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The End of Mass Marketing as We Know It

The End of Mass Marketing as We Know It

From: Spin

From Spin: Politics and Marketing in a Divided Age 3 $0.30 Add
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The Market for Our Minds

The Market for Our Minds

From: 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: … 40 $4.00 Add
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The Olive Farm

The Olive Farm

From: 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. 7 $0.70 Add
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The Power of the Passionate Few

The Power of the Passionate Few

From: Spin

From Spin: Politics and Marketing in a Divided Age 26 $2.60 Add
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Toxic Addiction Machines

Toxic Addiction Machines

From: 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’ … 55 $5.50 Add
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Two Faces

Two Faces

From: 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. 15 $1.50 Add
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What Is It with the Media!

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. 13 $1.30 Add
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You're a Celebrity Now

You’re a Celebrity Now

From: 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. 11 $1.10 Add