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02518aam a2200361 i 4500 001 C204290CC19D11EEA89D2B6520ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240202013317 008 221228s2022 vra 000 0 eng 010 $a 2021388110 020 $a 1922633356 020 $a 9781922633354 035 $a (OCoLC)1350792920 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d AU@ $d YDX $d ATNSH $d UKMGB $d OCLCO $d MNN $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a JC328.6 G85 2022 100 1 $a Guiao, Jordan, $e author. 245 10 $a Disconnect : $b why we get pushed to extremes online and how to stop it / $c Jordan Guiao. 264 1 $a Clayton, VIC : $b Monash University Publishing, $c 2022. 300 $a 260 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes notes and bibliographical references. 505 0 $a Introduction -- 1. The online conspiracy theorist -- 2. The freedom fighter -- 3. The social media narcissist -- 4. The hateful troll -- 5. The dating app pest -- 6. The screen addict -- 7. The naive futurist -- Conclusion. 520 $a Many of us know an anti-vaxxer or a selfie-obsessed narcissist who clutters our social feeds; an online conspiracy theorist or a child whose face is buried in a smartphone. Some of us even live with one. How do we pull these people back from the brink of a digital abyss?In this animated study, journalist Jordan Guiao reveals what happens when we fall down the rabbit hole of online addiction and radicalisation. He profiles COVID-19 'freedom fighters', QAnon conspiracists, social media egoists, online gamers and men's rights activists, tracing their path into obsession and how they found their way back. Drawing on psychology, neuroscience and the latest research on addiction, he prompts us to ask: how can we use the tools that connect us to stop isolating us? And what should our governments do to protect us?In an age of online outrage and social media schisms, where Big Tech tracks our every click, it is time for a conversation about how to use the internet safely and for social good. Let's stop the disconnect and create an online world we can all be proud of -- back cover. 650 0 $a Social change. 650 0 $a Conspiracy theories. 650 0 $a Radicalization $x Political aspects. 650 0 $a Radicalization $x Prevention. 650 0 $a Internet $x Political aspect. 650 0 $a Internet $x Social aspect. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20240305043834.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C204290CC19D11EEA89D2B6520ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search