Extremist Propaganda in Social Media A Threat to Homeland Security

• Main Author: Erbschloe, Michael (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Boca Raton, FL CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group 2019
• Subjects: Social media > Political aspects > United States; Polarization (Social sciences) > United States; Internet and terrorism > United States
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 Extremist Propaganda in Social Media: A Threat to Homeland Security presents both an analysis of the impact of propaganda in social media and the rise of extremism in mass society from technological and social perspectives. The book identifies the current phenomenon, what shall be dubbed for purposes of this book "Blisstopian Societies"-characterized in the abiding "ignorance is bliss" principle-whereby a population is complacent and has unquestioning acceptance of a social doctrine without challenge and introspection. In these subcultures, the malleable population self-select social media content, "news," and propaganda delivery mechanisms. By doing so, they expose themselves only to content that motivates, reinforces, and contributes to their isolation, alienation, and self-regulation of the social groups and individuals. In doing this, objective news is dismissed, fake-or news otherwise intended to misinform-reinforces their stereotyped beliefs about society and the world around them.