Optimising Emotions, Incubating Falsehoods : How to Protect the Global Civic Body from Disinformation and Misinformation /

This open access book deconstructs the core features of online misinformation and disinformation. It finds that the optimisation of emotions for commercial and political gain is a primary cause of false information online. The chapters distil societal harms, evaluate solutions, and consider what mus...

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Main Authors:	Bakir, Vian (Author), McStay, Andrew (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.
Edition:	1st ed. 2022.
Subjects:	Communication in politics. Journalism. Digital media. Political science. Mass media. Artificial intelligence. Political Communication. Digital and New Media. Political Science. Media Sociology. Artificial Intelligence. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book