Social Media Machine

From a New York Times investigative reporter, this “authoritative and devastating account of the impacts of social media” (New York Times Book Review)tracks the high-stakes inside story of how Big Tech’s breakneck race to drive engagement—and profits—at all costs fractured the world...

From the author of prescient best seller and classic Reclaiming Conversation, Sherry Turkle, comes an urgent warning about how our ever-increasing reliance on human-like AI chatbots is eroding our capacity for empathy, caring, and the very qualities that make us human. If social media came for...

Social media came for our attention - now Chatbots are coming for our relationships. Nearly one-third of adults now turn to AI programmes like ChatGPT for companionship. For Gen Z, the figures are even more stark: eight out of ten say they could form a deep emotional attachment with a machine...

A landmark insider’s tour of how social media affects our decision-making and shapes our world in ways both useful and dangerous, with critical ideas on how to protect ourselves in the 2020 election and beyond MIT professor Sinan Aral isn’t only one of the world’s leading experts on...

Turn Your Social Media Into a $12,000+/Month Machine (Even If You’re Starting from Scratch) Tired of posting content that doesn’t bring real growth, customers, or sales? Now picture this: you open your social apps and finally see numbers that matter—DMs coming in, booked calls, orders, partnerships… without spending hours guessing what to post, and without relying on “luck” with the algorithm.

If you want a more agile, productive, and efficient business by using the Six Sigma Methodology, then keep reading… Do you want your business to consistently deliver exceptional products? Do you want to meet your customers’ needs while also reducing costs? Do you want to put an end to waste and inefficiency in the workplace? You’re in the right place. Every business wants to meet the triple bottom line… and then some. But meeting your customers’ needs while staying profitable and ensuring your stakeholders and employees are happy is a delicate balancing act. So why not maximize ...

Escape the 9-5. Build Your Own Business. Take Control of Your Future. After years in a draining job, feeling overworked, underpaid, and stuck in the same paycheck-to-paycheck cycle, it’s impossible not to wonder: "Is this all there is?" Every day, you watch others start businesses, make money online, and finally quit their jobs. If they can do it, why can’t you? If you’re tired of wasting time in a job that doesn’t value you and you’re looking for a proven, step-by-step plan to start a business—without quitting your job, going into debt, or wasting months on trial and error—...

The Chaos Machine is the story of how the world was driven mad by social media. The election of populists like Trump and Bolsonaro; strife and genocide in countries like Myanmar, the rampant spread of COVID-19 conspiracy theories as deadly as the pandemic itself, all of these are products of a breakdown in our social and political lives, a breakdown driven by the apps, companies and algorithms that compete constantly for our attention.

This program includes material read by the authors. In User Friendly, Cliff Kuang and Robert Fabricant reveal the untold story of a paradigm that quietly rules our modern lives: the assumption that machines should anticipate what we need. Spanning over a century of sweeping changes, from...

Are you spending hours on content that no one sees—while others automate and grow? This isn't another AI hype book. It's a clear, tactical playbook designed for real marketers juggling real workloads—without the fluff. Learn how to train AI tools like ChatGPT, Jasper, and Canva to match your voice, plan smarter content, batch posts faster, write better ad copy, and analyze performance without burning out.

The AI Mastery 3-in-1 Collection is your roadmap to go from experimenting with AI to building a cash-generating machine powered by automation, precision, and creativity. Whether you’re brand new or already using ChatGPT, this collection bridges the gap between potential and profit.

In artist Paul Klee’s The Twittering Machine, the bird-song of a machine acts as bait to lure humankind into a pit of damnation. Leading political writer Richard Seymour argues that this is a chilling metaphor for our relationship with social media. Former social media executives tell us that...

Why does a single "like" feel like a reward, and why does anger travel faster than truth? The Social Machine pulls open the casing on the platforms that now steer public life. Clear, classroom-friendly, and a little wry, JD Arden traces the shift from message boards to personalized feeds, shows how tiny design choices become global incentives, and explains the real mechanics behind virality, misinformation, and online influence. You’ll get short case studies, plain analogies, and practical takeaways you can use today: how algorithms decide what you see, how creators win attention, and ...

How did we become a world where facts—shared truths—have lost their power to hold us together as a community, as a country, globally? How have we allowed the proliferation of alternative facts, hoaxes, even conspiracy theories, to destroy our trust in institutions, leaders, and legitimate...

TikTok has quietly evolved into one of the world's largest e-commerce platforms, where millions of buyers scroll, watch, and purchase in real time every day. Unlike traditional online stores where products sit waiting, TikTok live shopping creates instant urgency, authentic connection, and explosive conversion rates all at once. Smart sellers are going live right now and walking away with thousands of dollars in single sessions, and this book reveals exactly how they do it.

When Grace @FilthyBlueBird tweeted her dirtiest, most delicious secret desires to MovieStar @VaughnAsher she never expected a reply, let alone a face-to-face meeting and an offer of a lifetime. And when MovieStar @VaughnAsher figured out the woman vacationing at his family’s St. Thomas resort was the author of all those dirty hashtags a fan was relentlessly tweeting at him...well that was a challenge he couldn’t pass up. He was more than happy to #RockHerFilthyWorld.

A social history of AI that finally reveals its roots in the spatial computation of industrial factories and the surveillance of collective behaviour. What is AI? A dominant view describes it as the quest "to solve intelligence," a solution supposedly to be found in the secret logic of the mind...

For anyone who has ever wondered whether what they want is really theirs. Why do we want the things we want? The honest answer is more unsettling than most of us care to admit. We do not desire independently. We learn what to want by watching others want it — and in an age of infinite scroll, algorithmic feeds, and curated lives, we have never been more thoroughly surrounded by models of desire. The Narcissus Machine traces this condition from its roots in ancient Greece through the printing press, the novel, mass advertising, and the social media feed. It arrives at a diagnosis many of ...

Discover the transformative potential of Natural Language Processing (NLP) with the groundbreaking eBook "Unleashing Text Insights". This book serves as an all-encompassing guide to understanding, mastering, and implementing the principles of NLP, in concert with the vast world of text data analytics. Opening with a comprehensive introduction to Natural Language Processing, including its evolution, importance, and terminologies, it sets the stage for a deep dive into the essence of text data. It examines its characteristics, types, and challenges in processing, making for a richly ...

Unleash the full potential of your machinery marketing strategy with "Marketing Your Machines," a comprehensive guide tailored for anyone seeking to dominate the ever-evolving machinery landscape. This eBook delves into the dynamic world of machinery marketing, equipping you with the essential tools and insights to carve out your niche and elevate your brand's presence. Discover how to master social media engagement, a vital component that cannot be overlooked in today's digital era. You’ll learn how to effectively choose and utilize social media platforms that align perfectly with your ...