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Manipulative communication—from early twentieth-century propaganda to today’s online con artistry—examined through the lens of social engineering.
 

The United States is awash in manipulated information about everything from election results to the effectiveness of medical treatments. Corporate social media is an especially good channel for manipulative communication, with Facebook a particularly willing vehicle for it. In Social Engineering, Robert Gehl and Sean Lawson show that online misinformation has its roots in earlier techniques: mass social engineering of the early twentieth century and interpersonal hacker social engineering of the 1970s, converging today into what they call “masspersonal social engineering.” As Gehl and Lawson trace contemporary manipulative communication back to earlier forms of social engineering, possibilities for amelioration become clearer.
 
The authors show how specific manipulative

Philosophical Consequences of Quantum Theory

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      Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
      Publication Date: 08/03/2022
      ISBN13: 9780262543453, 978-0262543453
      ISBN10: 0262543451
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Manipulative communication—from early twentieth-century propaganda to today’s online con artistry—examined through the lens of social engineering.
       

      The United States is awash in manipulated information about everything from election results to the effectiveness of medical treatments. Corporate social media is an especially good channel for manipulative communication, with Facebook a particularly willing vehicle for it. In Social Engineering, Robert Gehl and Sean Lawson show that online misinformation has its roots in earlier techniques: mass social engineering of the early twentieth century and interpersonal hacker social engineering of the 1970s, converging today into what they call “masspersonal social engineering.” As Gehl and Lawson trace contemporary manipulative communication back to earlier forms of social engineering, possibilities for amelioration become clearer.
       
      The authors show how specific manipulative

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