Bibliograph

Disconnect, why we get pushed to extremes online and how to stop it, Jordan Guiao

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Disconnect, why we get pushed to extremes online and how to stop it, Jordan Guiao

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes notes and bibliographical references

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Disconnect

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Jordan Guiao

Sub title

why we get pushed to extremes online and how to stop it

Summary

Many of us know an anti-vaxxer or a selfie-obsessed narcissist who clutters our social feeds; an online conspiracy theorist or a child whose face is buried in a smartphone. Some of us even live with one. How do we pull these people back from the brink of a digital abyss? In this animated study, journalist Jordan Guiao reveals what happens when we fall down the rabbit hole of online addiction and radicalisation. He profiles COVID-19 'freedom fighters', QAnon conspiracists, social media egoists, online gamers and men's rights activists, tracing their path into obsession and how they found their way back. Drawing on psychology, neuroscience and the latest research on addiction, he prompts us to ask: how can we use the tools that connect us to stop isolating us? And what should our governments do to protect us? In an age of online outrage and social media schisms, where Big Tech tracks our every click, it is time for a conversation about how to use the internet safely and for social good. Let's stop the disconnect and create an online world we can all be proud of -- back cover

Target audience

adult

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