Skip to main content Accessibility help

We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings.

Close cookie message
×
Hostname: page-component-78c5997874-8bhkd Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-10T14:05:10.058Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

9 - Does Political Technology Work?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 November 2023

Andrew Wilson
Andrew Wilson
Affiliation:
University College London
Get access

Summary

Political technology works. It can create total systems of control. It can give malign actors the edge in political competition. It can create fake political subjects and entire virtual political geometries. It can grow support for fringe and minority politics. And it can be used to reverse lever outsider political takeovers by creating artificial rivals to traditional political structures and then drive them mainstream.

Keywords

CrimeaDonbasUkraine warcoronavirusBig LieRussia and 2016 US election6 Januarytrolls
Type
Chapter
Information
Political Technology
The Globalisation of Political Manipulation
 , pp. 403 - 468
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

Save book to Kindle

To save this book to your Kindle, first ensure coreplatform@cambridge.org is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account. Then enter the ‘name’ part of your Kindle email address below. Find out more about saving to your Kindle.

Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.

Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service.

Available formats
×

Save book to Dropbox

To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Dropbox.

Available formats
×

Save book to Google Drive

To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Google Drive.

Available formats
×