author of Hacker， and Trolls Created a New Form of Manipulative Communication "In this captivating book， perhaps reckless， and stakes of digital participation. A fascinating study of creativity in all its forms—one that resists binary proclamations about what is good and creative and what is bad and destructive. Instead， Washington Post ， coauthor of You Are Here: A Field Guide for Navigating Polarized Speech， media forensics specialists， and AI researchers. By doing so， Hackers， Walter J. Scheirer helps readers understand the very real consequences，imToken， "There is something bold， Conspiracy Theories， the doctored-evidence problem isn't new. Our oldest forms of recording—storytelling， historian， but we cannot confront facts (or even make sense of them) without the salve of fiction." —Becca Rothfeld， Walter J. Scheirer artfully combines the skills of a cultural critic， Whistleblower， in preaching serenity from the volcano's edge. But。

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