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New perspectives on the misinformation ecosystem that is the production and circulation of fake news.
Fake News
Understanding Media and Misinformation in the Digital Age
$107.37
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416 pages
- Release Date
18 February 2020
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Summary
New perspectives on the misinformation ecosystem that is the production and circulation of fake news.What is fake news? Is it an item on Breitbart, an article in The Onion, an outright falsehood disseminated via Russian bot, or a catchphrase used by a politician to discredit a story he doesn’t like? This book examines the real fake news- the constant flow of purposefully crafted, sensational, emotionally charged, misleading or totally fabricated information that mimics the form of mainstream …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262538367 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262538369 |
| Author: | Melissa Zimdars, Kembrew McLeod |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 18 February 2020 |
| Weight: | 594g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 25mm |
| Series: | Information Policy |
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