Cyberwar : how Russian hackers and trolls helped elect a president what we don't, can't, and do know / by Kathleen Hall Jamieson.

By:

Jamieson, Kathleen Hall [author]

Material type:

Computer fileLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 2020Description: 1 online resource (400, pages) : color illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780197555415 (e-book)

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LOC classification:

JK526 J23 2020

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Contents:

Introduction -- I. Who did it, why, and what research says about how it might matter -- 1. How do we know that Russian spies and saboteurs (aka Hackers and Trolls) intervened in the 2016 presidential election? -- 2. A theory of communication that posits effects -- II. The prerequisites of troll influence -- 3 .The first troll prerequisite : widespread messaging -- 4. The second troll prerequisite : messages aligned with Trump’s electoral interests -- 5. The third troll prerequisite, Part 1. Mobilizing white Christians and veterans -- 6. The third troll prerequisite, Part 2. Demobilizing blacks and Sanders’s supporters, and shifting liberals to stein -- 7. The fourth troll prerequisite : persuasive appeals -- 8. The fifth troll prerequisite : well-targeted messaging -- II.I How the Russians affected the news and debate agendas in the last month of the campaign -- 9 The effect of Russian hacking (and troll reinforcement) on press coverage -- 10. Hacked content altered the press agenda in the final four weeks of the election --11. The Effect of hacked content on the last two presidential debates -- 12. The role of Russian disinformation in the Comey “October surprise -- 13. Russian, Assange, and troll activities in the closing days of the election -- IV. #DemocracyRIP : delegitimizing the election of president Clinton -- V Did the Russian machinations make the election close enough for Clinton to lose/Trump to win?

Summary: Cyberwar examines the ways in which Russian interventions not only affected the behaviors of key players but altered the 2016 presidential campaign’s media and social media landscape. After laying out a theory of influence that explains how Russian activities could have produced effects, Jamieson documents the hackers and trolls’ influence on the topics in the news, the questions in the presidential debates, and the social media stream. Drawing on her analysis of messages crafted and amplified by Russian operatives, changes that Russian-hacked content elicited in news and the debates, the scholarly work of other researchers, and Annenberg surveys, she concludes that it is plausible to believe that Russian machinations helped elect Donald J. Trump the 45th president of the United States.

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Includes index

Introduction -- I. Who did it, why, and what research says about how it might matter -- 1. How do we know that Russian spies and saboteurs (aka Hackers and Trolls) intervened in the 2016 presidential election? -- 2. A theory of communication that posits effects -- II. The prerequisites of troll influence -- 3 .The first troll prerequisite : widespread messaging -- 4. The second troll prerequisite : messages aligned with Trump’s electoral interests -- 5. The third troll prerequisite, Part 1. Mobilizing white Christians and veterans -- 6. The third troll prerequisite, Part 2. Demobilizing blacks and Sanders’s supporters, and shifting liberals to stein -- 7. The fourth troll prerequisite : persuasive appeals -- 8. The fifth troll prerequisite : well-targeted messaging -- II.I How the Russians affected the news and debate agendas in the last month of the campaign -- 9 The effect of Russian hacking (and troll reinforcement) on press coverage -- 10. Hacked content altered the press agenda in the final four weeks of the election --11. The Effect of hacked content on the last two presidential debates -- 12. The role of Russian disinformation in the Comey “October surprise -- 13. Russian, Assange, and troll activities in the closing days of the election --
IV. #DemocracyRIP : delegitimizing the election of president Clinton -- V Did the Russian machinations make the election close enough for Clinton to lose/Trump to win?

Cyberwar examines the ways in which Russian interventions not only affected the behaviors of key players but altered the 2016 presidential campaign’s media and social media landscape. After laying out a theory of influence that explains how Russian activities could have produced effects, Jamieson documents the hackers and trolls’ influence on the topics in the news, the questions in the presidential debates, and the social media stream. Drawing on her analysis of messages crafted and amplified by Russian operatives, changes that Russian-hacked content elicited in news and the debates, the scholarly work of other researchers, and Annenberg surveys, she concludes that it is plausible to believe that Russian machinations helped elect Donald J. Trump the 45th president of the United States.

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2022-02-057 22-1054

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