Google Bombs, Astroturf, and Cloaked Sites: Propoganda in the Digital Era (Framing 21st Century Social Issues)

by Jessie Daniels

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The Internet makes it quick and easy to find information. Yet, at the same time, search engines, web addresses (URLs) and graphic user interfaces represent a new kind of battleground over ideas and politics-- just ask George W. Bush who got "google bombed" as a "miserable failure" or ask Rick Santorum about his "Google problem." Google Bombs, Cloaked Sites and Astroturf: Propaganda in the Digital Era examines the way that individuals, groups, political parties and corporations use a variety of clever, even sneaky, new media tools and strategies to shape public debate and push forward a particular political agenda.
  • ISBN10 0415808189
  • ISBN13 9780415808187
  • Publish Date 26 January 2012
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 24 May 2021
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Imprint Routledge
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 60
  • Language English