03132cam a2200529 i 450000100090000000300080000900500170001700600190003400700030005300800410005601000170009702000300011402000270014403500130017103500220018404000640020604100080027004200140027804300120029205000240030408200120032810000280034024500910036825000190045926400510047830000280052933600260055733700280058333800270061150400670063850503040070552011560100965000350216565000390220065000500223965000350228965000310232465000290235565000320238465000310241665000310244765000220247865000220250065000160252265000300253865000340256823789903BJBSDDR20260930152720.0a|||||r|||| 00| 0 ta240719s2024    nyu    erb    001 0 eng d  a  2023553884  a9780393881516 (hardcover)  a0393881512 (hardcover)  a23789903  a(OCoLC)1398568649  aYDXbengerdacYDXdBDXdETCdOCLCOdOCLCQdCLEdOCLCOdDLC  aeng  alccopycat  an-us---14aJA 85.2bN548s 202400a320.0141 aNewitz, Annalee,d1969-10aStories are weapons  :bpsychological warfare and the American mind /cAnnalee Newitz.  aFirst edition. 1aNew York, NY :bW. W. Norton & Company,c2024.  axxv, 246 pages ;c24 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 207-227) and index.0 aPreface: 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.  a"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"--cGoodreads. 0aDisinformationzUnited States. 4aDesinformación zEstados Unidos  4aComunicación en política zEstados Unidos 0aMisinformationzUnited States. 0aPropagandazUnited States. 0aInternational relations. 4aPropagandazEstados Unidos  4aRelaciones internacionales 6aRelations internationales. 6aDésinformation. 6aMésinformation. 6aPropagande. 6aPropagandezÉtats-Unis. 7ainternational relations.2aat