Alison L Sher

With a journalist’s eye and a philosopher’s heart, Alison Sher explores the ideological battlefield left in the wake of COVID-19, Black Lives Matter, Trumpism, the rise of woke extremism, and AI. Through bipartisan media analysis, storytelling, and spiritual insight, she reveals how information, authority, and the urge to belong have been weaponized in a time when everyone is both an influencer and a perceived enemy.

The Social Contagion is a gripping blend of cultural commentary, personal reflection, and media analysis. Sher unravels the tangled web of modern American ideology in the age of social media, cancel culture, and partisan warfare. From the frontlines of protests to the fringe corners of conspiracy culture, her latest book traces the viral spread of belief systems that have reshaped the collective psyche since the onset of the pandemic—and asks what happens when identity, politics, public health, and technology collide.

At once a cultural diagnosis and a call to clarity and collective healing, The Social Contagion is for anyone who’s ever wondered: What’s really going on here — and how do we coexist with those on the other side of the political divide?