psychological warfare and the American mind Newitz, Annalee 1969- creator text bibliography nyu 2024 First edition. monographic eng xxv, 246 pages ; 24 cm "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"-- Preface: 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. adult Annalee Newitz. Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-227) and index. n-us--- Disinformation United States Desinformación Estados Unidos Comunicación en política Estados Unidos Misinformation United States Propaganda United States International relations Propaganda Estados Unidos Relaciones internacionales Relations internationales Désinformation Mésinformation Propagande Propagande États-Unis international relations JA 85.2 N548s 2024 320.014 9780393881516 (hardcover) 0393881512 (hardcover) 2023553884 YDX 240719 20260930152720.0 23789903 eng