| Description |
xv, 177 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Series |
The reference shelf ; volume 90, number 2 |
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Reference shelf ; v. 90, no. 2.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. A historical perspective -- Truth is what you fake of it / Micah L. Issitt -- The fake-news fallacy / Adrian Chen -- The evangelical roots of our post-truth society / Molly Worthen -- Do social media threaten democracy? / The Economist -- Language: the most disruptive technology / Charles Hill -- 2. Bad actors in the information war -- Offenders in the information war / Micah L. Issitt -- The new information warfare / Murtaza Hussain -- Why is Finland able to fend off Putin's information war? / Reid Standish -- We tracked down a fake-news creator in the suburbs: here's what we learned / Laura Sydell -- Tone-deaf: how Facebook misread America's mood on Russia / Deepa Seetharaman, Robert McMillan and Georgia Wells -- 3. Media vs. the algorithm -- The interest equation / Micah L. Issitt -- Facebook and Twitter are being used to manipulate public opinion--report / Alex Hern -- How Facebook, Google and Twitter "embeds" helped Trump in 2016 / Nancy Scola -- Don't blame the election on fake news: blame it on the media / Duncan J. Watts and David M. Rothschild -- Don't let liberals end opinion diversity under cover of "fake news" campaign / Mike Gonzalez -- News coverage says a study claimed fake news on Facebook didn't affect the election / Morten Bay -- "Post-truth" media really is shifting the news agenda--and more subtly than it seems / Precious N. Chatterje-Doody -- Trump's "fake news awards" fail to live up to the hype--or the hysteria / W. James Antle III -- 4. Fake news and your health -- Fallacies, bias and the post-truth mind / Micah L. Issitt -- Post-truth: the dark side of the brain / Sebastian Dieguez -- The new psychology of fake news / Vinita Mehta -- Yes, I'd lie to you / The Economist -- 5. Next generation news consumers -- Solutions to the misinformation age / Micah L. Issitt -- Echo chambers are dangerous--we must try to break free of our online bubbles / David Robert Grimes -- Making media literacy great again / Michael Rosenwald -- The remedy for the spread of fake news? History teachers / Kevin M. Levin -- Can AI win the war against fake news? / Jackie Snow -- The problem with facts / Tim Hartford -- We already have a solution to fake news: it's called the First Amendment / Jarrett Stepman. |
| Summary |
This thought-provoking volume unpacks the fragmented state of news feeds and journalism, and the loss of shared news narratives in the U.S., while also exploring the effects of media manipulation and disinformation online. -- https://hw-wilson.myshopify.com/products/9781682178652 |
| Subject |
Fake news -- United States.
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Journalism -- Objectivity -- United States.
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Digital media -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States.
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Mass media and propaganda -- United States.
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Sensationalism in journalism -- United States.
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Digital media -- Moral and ethical aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00893717
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Fake news. (OCoLC)fst01985391
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Journalism -- Objectivity.
(OCoLC)fst00984072
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Mass media and propaganda. (OCoLC)fst01011359
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Sensationalism in journalism. (OCoLC)fst01112548
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Added Author |
Grey House Publishing, Inc., compiler.
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| ISBN |
9781682178652 (paperback) |
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168217865X (paperback) |
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