Antisocial

How Online Extremists Broke America

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Andrew Marantz: Antisocial (2020, Pan Macmillan)

320 pages

English language

Published July 14, 2020 by Pan Macmillan.

ISBN:
978-1-5098-8248-9
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4 stars (1 review)

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4 stars

Very enjoyable read. My one qualm is that I wish there was some kind of conclusion chapter that gave a deeper analysis of the stories he shares in the book. The book almost functions as an ethnography, where each chapter is about a different person. I would have been interested in reading something where the author reflects on the experiences and maybe puts some theoretical historical analysis on it.

The chapter I enjoyed reading the most was "the emptiness." The glossary at the end is really helpful too.

Subjects

  • Radicalism
  • Social media
  • Internet, political aspects
  • Online social networks
  • Right-wing extremists