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The Hype Machine: How Social Media Disrupts Our Elections, Our Economy, and Our Health--and How We Must Adapt by Sinan Aral

The Hype Machine: How Social Media Disrupts Our Elections, Our Economy, and Our Health--and How We Must Adapt: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Hype Machine: How Social Media Disrupts Our Elections, Our Economy, and Our Health--and How We Must Adapt runs 14.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Mike Chamberlain (about 9.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

14.7listening hrs
Social Sciencestore shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 14.7 hours of listening.

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What our data says

  • At 14.7 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.

Other recordings

  • The 2020 recording read by Mike Chamberlain runs 0.8 hours shorter (13.8 hours).

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

The Hype Machine: How Social Media Disrupts Our Elections, Our Economy, and Our Health--and How We Must Adapt is an audiobook by Sinan Aral: a 14.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Mike Chamberlain, released September 15, 2020, on the Social Science and Marketing & Advertising shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
14.7 hrs
Narrated by
Mike Chamberlain
Released
September 15, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Social Science, Marketing & Advertising, Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
ISBN
9780593339602

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Hype Machine: How Social Media Disrupts Our Elections, Our Economy, and Our Health--and How We Must Adapt as an audiobook?

The Hype Machine: How Social Media Disrupts Our Elections, Our Economy, and Our Health--and How We Must Adapt runs 14.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.8 hours.

Is The Hype Machine: How Social Media Disrupts Our Elections, Our Economy, and Our Health--and How We Must Adapt free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Hype Machine: How Social Media Disrupts Our Elections, Our Economy, and Our Health--and How We Must Adapt?

The Hype Machine: How Social Media Disrupts Our Elections, Our Economy, and Our Health--and How We Must Adapt is narrated by Mike Chamberlain.

Is The Hype Machine: How Social Media Disrupts Our Elections, Our Economy, and Our Health--and How We Must Adapt worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.8 hours, saving 4.9 hours.