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Episode · Big Technology Podcast · 2021-10-20

Alex Kantrowitz, Adrianne Jeffries & Renee DiResta: books mentioned on Big Technology Podcast

Amazon Rigs Search, Social Media 'Ampliganda,' Netflix Protests — With Adrianne Jeffries, Renee DiResta, and Zoë Schiffer

2 books · With Adrianne Jeffries, Renee DiResta, Zoë Schiffer · Listen

Join us for a 'mega' episode with three guests! The Markup investigative reporter Adrianne Jeffries leads off with a discussion of Amazon's self-preferencing in search.

Renee DiResta discussed Public opinion by Walter Lippmann and Manufacturing consent by Edward S. Herman and others.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. Public opinion

    Walter Lippmann · at 47:36

    Public opinion by Walter Lippmann is a foundational sociological and political text that examines how mass media, stereotypes, and institutional structures shape collective thought and democratic governance.

    Discussed
    “The U.S. in World War I and II. Germany, of course, you know, Nazi propaganda in World War II. The U.K. had a propaganda office. This idea that states would manipulate the enemy public”
    Renee DiResta Amazon Rigs Search, Social Media 'Ampliganda,' Netflix Protests — With… 2021-10-20
    Where to get it
    Listen free with an Audible trialAmazon

  2. Manufacturing consent

    Edward S. Herman; Noam Chomsky · at 48:28

    Manufacturing consent by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky is a critical analysis of mass media that argues corporate and governmental power structures effectively filter information to shape public opinion and manufacture compliance.

    Discussed
    “And so in Chomsky's book, he uses the same phrase, manufacturing consent, but in a very different connotation, right? And what he is trying to do in that work is expose the extent to which there is this top-down control.”
    Renee DiResta Amazon Rigs Search, Social Media 'Ampliganda,' Netflix Protests — With… 2021-10-20
    Where to get it
    Listen free with an Audible trialAmazon
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