| Book Name: | Ctrl Alt Delete PDF Book |
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| Language: | English |
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Book Description:
We can all see something is wrong because people hate politics and the news and fear each other. Tom Baldwin, a journalist and former senior political advisor, tells the fascinating and often scary story of how a flood of information swept away democracy’s sandcastle defenses against extremism and falsehood. Ctrl Alt Delete shows how a greedy 24-hour media and scared politicians fight for power, making it harder for those leaders to know the truth as the internet pulls the ground out from under them. It shows how reliance on data, algorithms, and digital technology led to the rise of the Alt-Right, the Alt-Left, and a winning army of trolls who try to drive people apart. And it warns about the rise of people who want to eliminate what’s left of democracy. These include populists making a comeback in Westminster, the White House, and the Kremlin, but also liberals who fear mob rule. This book is explosive, brutally honest, and sometimes funny. It tells what went wrong and how to fix it. It will change how you see the world, especially the technology we use daily, bringing down our democracy.
Table of contents :
Cover……Page 1
Half-title……Page 3
Title……Page 5
Copyright……Page 6
Dedication……Page 7
Contents……Page 9
Acknowledgements……Page 11
Introduction……Page 13
Part One: The Battle For Control……Page 17
1. How the Media Challenged for Control……Page 19
2. How Politics Tried to Regain Control……Page 55
3. How Everyone Began to Lose Control……Page 91
Part Two: The Rise Of The Alternative……Page 117
4. Disablement and Dependency in the Media……Page 119
5. Tyranny and Temptation in Politics……Page 151
6. Three Shocks to ‘The System’……Page 189
Part Three: Delete……Page 231
7. Crashing Democracy……Page 233
8. Can Democracy be Rebooted?……Page 273
Notes……Page 307
Index……Page 353
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Author(s): Tom Baldwin
Publisher: C. Hurst & Co. Publishers, Year: 2018
ISBN: 1787380068, 9781787380066
