Cyberwar: How Russian Hackers and Trolls Helped Elect a President What We Don't, Can't, and Do Know by Kathleen Hall Jamieson | Conversation Starters

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Cyberwar: How Russian Hackers and Trolls Helped Elect a President What We Don't, Can't, and Do Know by Kathleen Hall Jamieson | Conversation Starters

Cyberwar is a path-breaking work on media research done in the past half-century.
Award-winning scholar Kathleen Hall Jamieson attempts to answer questions that are foremost in the minds of many Americans: How far-ranging is the trolling work? How was the social media exploited by the Russians? What compelled the mainstream media to use hacked messages in their news reports? How truthful was Clinton when she claimed debate moderators did not use authentic information from her leaked speeches? Was FBI director James Comey a victim of Russian influence? The New Yorker says the book provides a "meticulous analysis of online activity during the 2016 campaign" which shows the decisive effect of cyber-attacks made by Russia.
Cyberwar is authored by Jamieson who won the Henry Allen Moe Prize in the Humanities in 2016, awarded by the American Philosophical Society. Her other books include The Obama Victory and Packaging the Presidency.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Daily Books
• Release date: Apr 2, 2019
• ISBN: 9788832563245

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Introducing Cyberwar

Cyberwar: How Russian Hackers and Trolls Helped Elect a President, What We Don't, Can't, and Do Know is a book written by Kathleen Hall Jamieson. The author discusses how Russian hacks and social media considerably affected elections and contributed to Trump's victory.

The book is a result of the author's path-breaking work on media research in the past half-century. She and her colleagues identified key communication effects in the presidential campaigns and elections held in 2000 and 2008. The research includes a look into troll posts and polling data. Then the author analyses press involvement in using the hacked content. Her synthesis and conclusion point to a probable Russian involvement in the election of President Donald Trump. The book attempts to answer questions that are in the minds of many Americans. How far-ranging is the trolling work? How was the social media exploited by the Russians? What compelled the mainstream media to use hacked messages in their news reports? How truthful was Clinton when she claimed debate moderators did not use authentic information from her leaked speeches? Was FBI director James Comey a victim of Russian influence?