Episode · Big Technology Podcast · 2021-08-11
Alex Kantrowitz & Sheera Frenkel: books mentioned on Big Technology Podcast
The Motivations Of Facebook Reporters, And Their Sources — With Ugly Truth Author Sheera Frenkel
Sheera Frenkel is a New York Times reporter and author of the best-selling book, An Ugly Truth. She joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss her hit book and her reporting process.
Sheera Frenkel discussed An Ugly Truth by Sheera Frenkel and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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An Ugly Truth
An Ugly Truth by Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang is a gripping non-fiction book that explores the inner workings and controversies of Facebook.
Discussed“There was a version of this book that was twice as long and we had an early chapter. I still remember writing it where we looked at the Obama campaign and how they used Facebook.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged An Ugly Truth
“She's the author of the best-selling book, An Ugly Truth Inside Facebook's Battle for Domination, and a former colleague of mine from the BuzzFeed Newsday. Shira, welcome to the show.”
Plugged An Ugly Truth
“And we're back on the big technology podcast here with Shira Frankel, New York Times journalist, former colleague of mine, author of an ugly truth inside Facebook's battle for domination.”
“You know, I think the term surveillance capitalism came for Shoshana Zubrov, who we quote in the book, who wrote an excellent book about this. You know, we don't use it.”