10 Minutes on Social Media

10 Minutes on

Social media has changed the way that we view, understand and interact with others – especially in times of conflict. Hannah and Alfie delve into the ways uncontrolled media and citizen journalism have changed things, looking at the big issues of accountability, disinformation and truth. If you want to explore further the immense consequences of digitalisation on the battlefield, these four books are the place to go: * This is Not Propaganda: Adventures in the War Against Reality by Peter Pomerantsev * Radical War: Data, Attention and Control in the Twenty-First Century by Matthew Ford and Andrew Hoskins * War in 140 Characters: How Social Media is Reshaping Conflict in the Twenty-First Century by David Patrikarakos * LikeWar The Weaponization of Social Media by P.W. Singer and Emerson Brooking Or for a shorter read: * On WikiLeaks and Activist Imagery: https://chrchristensen.medium.com/collateral-murder-and-the-after-life-of-activist-imagery-3fc2accd82bb#.e4nk7rrqe * An interesting report on social media truth and trust: https://bluesyemre.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/ct2018.pdf The Joint Public Issues Team is Baptists Together, the Methodist Church and the United Reformed Church working together for peace and justice. Find us on: * twitter.com/publicissues * instagram.com/public.issues * facebook.com/jointpublicissues * youtube.com/publicissues Find out more at https://jpit.uk/