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Stories are weapons : psychological warfare and the American mind / Annalee Newitz

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Stories are weapons : psychological warfare and the American mind / Annalee Newitz

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Preface. The brain fog of war Part I. Psyops. The mind bomb A fake frontier Advertisements for disenfranchisement Part II. Culture wars. Bad brains School rules Dirty comics Part III. Disarmament. History is a gift Deprogramming for democracy Public spheres of the future

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"Annalee Newitz traces the way disinformation, propaganda, and violent threats--the essential tool kit for psychological warfare--have evolved from military weapons used against foreign adversaries into tools used in domestic culture wars. Newitz delves into America's deep-rooted history with psychological operations, beginning with Benjamin Franklin's Revolutionary War-era fake newspaper and reaching its apotheosis with disinformation during twenty-first-century elections. The nation's secret weapon has long been coercive storytelling, fashioned by operatives who drew on their experiences in the ad industry and as science-fiction writers. Now, through a weapons-transfer program long unacknowledged, it has found its way into the hands of culture warriors, in conflicts from school-board fights over LGBTQ+ students to campaigns against feminist viewpoints. Stories Are Weapons delivers a powerful counter-narrative, as Newitz highlights the process of psychological disarmament, speaking with Indigenous archivists preserving their histories in new ways, activist storytellers, and technology experts transforming social media." (éd.)

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