James Ball: The Other Pandemic | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9781526642530 | The Other Pandemic | How QAnon Contaminated the World | James Ball

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Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist James Ball takes us into the depths of the internet to trace the origins and rapid ascent of QAnon, the movement that mutated from a niche online conspiracy theory into the world's first digital pandemic.

Imagine a deadly pathogen that, once created, could infect any person in any part of the globe within seconds. No need to wait for travellers, trains, or air traffic to spread it, all you need is an internet connection. In this gripping investigation, Pulitzer Prize winner James Ball decodes the cryptic language of the online right and with a surgeon's precision tracks the spread of QAnon, the world's first digital pandemic.

QAnon began as an internet community dedicated to supporting President Trump and intent on outing a global cabal of human traffickers. A short, cryptic message posted by an anonymous user to a niche internet forum in 2017 was the spark that ignited a global movement. What started as a macabre game of virtual make-believe quickly spiralled into the spread of virulently hateful, dangerous messaging - which turned into tragic, violent actions.

Incoherent, chaotic, free from agendas: QAnon is a one-size-fits all cult conspiracy. From a standoff at the Hoover Dam, to the storming of the U.S. Capitol on 6 January 2021, to protesting COVID-19 lockdowns, this digital pandemic has spread globally and shows no signs of stopping. In The Other Pandemic Ball takes us into the niche pathways through which these digital pathogens spread, mutate and infect people all across the globe - but he also argues that the prognosis doesn't have to be dire. He shows us that it is possible to treat and cure this virus in order to build up our digital immune systems, and be better prepared to survive the next wave.

*A Financial Times Book to Read in 2023*

Über den Autor

James Ball is a Fellow at the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media, Demos, and the author of multiple books, including Post-Truth and The System. He has worked for the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, BuzzFeed, the Guardian and the Washington Post and his reporting projects have won the Pulitzer Prize for public service, the Scripps Howard Prize and the British Journalism Award for investigative reporting, among others. He lives in London.

Zusammenfassung

Ball has been lauded by authors such as Kazuo Ishiguro and Caroline Criado Perez for his timely, insightful writing and his past books - The System, Post-Truth - have received acclaim from publications including the Financial Times, Observer and Spectator

Erscheinungsjahr:	2023
Genre:	Politikwissenschaften
Rubrik:	Wissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	288 S.
ISBN-13:	9781526642530
ISBN-10:	1526642530
Sprache:	Englisch
Herstellernummer:	561022
Ausstattung / Beilage:	Paperback
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Ball, James
Hersteller:	Bloomsbury UK
Maße:	233 x 152 x 22 mm
Von/Mit:	James Ball
Erscheinungsdatum:	20.07.2023
Gewicht:	0,44 kg

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