内容简介

You've seen it all before. A malicious online rumor costs a company millions. A political sideshow derails the national news cycle and destroys a candidate. Some product or celebrity zooms from total obscurity to viral sensation. What you don't know is that someone is responsible for all this. Usually, someone like me. I'm a media manipulator. In a world where blogs control and distort the news, my job is to control blogs-as much as any one person can. In today's culture...: blogs like Gawker, Buzzfeed and the Huffington Post drive the media agenda; bloggers are slaves to money, technology, and deadlines; manipulators wield these levers to shape everything you read, see and watch-online and off. Why am I giving away these secrets? Because I'm tired of a world where blogs take indirect bribes, marketers help write the news, reckless journalists spread lies, and no one is accountable for any of it. I'm pulling back the curtain because I don't want anyone else to get blindsided. I'm going to explain exactly how the media really works. What you choose to do with this information is up to you.

作者简介

瑞安•霍利迪策划的案例被谷歌、特推等作为研究题材，他的事迹被《纽约时报》等权威媒体争相报道；他聪明、正直、年轻有为，担任世界热销品牌AA美国服饰（American Apparel）公司的营销总监一职，声名远播。

但我要告诉你，瑞安•霍利迪实际上是世界最顶级的媒体推手！

他深谙网络世界的一切潜规则，他狡猾、疯狂、胆大包天；他有诸多客户，畅销书作家、白金唱片音乐人等，不胜枚举。他总能以不拘一格的行事，多样、强势的手段为自己和客户带来无穷无尽的利益。

精彩摘录

不论话题是什么，只要能激起读者正面或者负面情绪的消息，就会变得热门。情绪越极端，传播效果就越好。

——引自第63页

只有沉迷于网络的傻瓜才会相信网络平台上传播的消息，并且天真地以为网上描绘的世界就是现实。不过说实话，我真是爱极了这样的傻瓜。

——引自第105页