Fake news : understanding media and misinformation in the digital age /
Is fake news merely news with which one disagrees? Donald Trump's use of the term notwithstanding, the editors of this collection argue that fake news is a real problem and is on the rise thanks to converging political, economic, social and technological factors. These include practices in jour...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
MIT Press,
[2020]
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| Series: | Information policy series.
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| Summary: | Is fake news merely news with which one disagrees? Donald Trump's use of the term notwithstanding, the editors of this collection argue that fake news is a real problem and is on the rise thanks to converging political, economic, social and technological factors. These include practices in journalism, technological disruptions of news creation and consumption and the impact of regulatory debates and policy decisions. This collection provides a truly interdisciplinary exploration of fake news in all of its iterations and complexities within the United States Too often discussions of fake news take place in isolated spheres at conferences devoted specifically to media literacy, computer science or journalism. Considerations of the ways in which these areas interact, overlap, and contradict each other we will be useful for thinking through the past influences, present challenges and future solutions to different kinds of mis/disinformation. |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 395 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780262538367 0262538369 |