What do ppl really mean when they talk about "weaponising social media"? Social media is a platform, but it is made up by human nodes. To weaponise social media is to turn digital civil society into a tool of warfare
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I think power will always find ways to hold onto power whatever the platform. Democratising critical appraisal of large institutions has responded in significant pushback to distort & corrupt the sound of the “others”. The endless human behaviour of leverage doesn’t change.
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@peterwsinger’s new book, Like War, if you haven’t heard about it yet. It’s in my queue to read, but the basic gist seems to be about using social media as “weaponry”Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Like putting forward a popularly held opinion that gets lots of likes and retweets, but further examination shows that the opinion is based on bigotry or marginalising a group Happens in overt manner [see ((((echo))) effect] & less obvious ways (undermining public confidence)
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