Research Catalog

Title

Fake news : understanding media and misinformation in the digital age / edited by Melissa Zimdars, Kembrew McLeod.

Publication

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2020]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Zimdars, Melissa, 1985-
• McLeod, Kembrew, 1970-

Description

xi, 395 pages; 23 cm.

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 U.S. 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"--

Series Statement

Information policy

Uniform Title

Information policy series.

Subject

• Fake news > United States
• Mass media and public opinion > United States
• Disinformation > United States
• Social media > United States
• Media literacy > United States
• Disinformation
• Fake news
• Mass media and public opinion
• Media literacy
• Social media
• United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Politics -- Journalism -- Law and policy -- Social media -- Reception -- History -- Media hoaxes and satire -- Solutions.

Call Number

JFE 20-4364

ISBN

• 9780262538367
• 0262538369

LCCN

2019022931

OCLC

1103536350

Title

Fake news : understanding media and misinformation in the digital age / edited by Melissa Zimdars, Kembrew McLeod.

Publisher

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2020]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Information policy

Information policy series.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Zimdars, Melissa, 1985- editor.

McLeod, Kembrew, 1970- editor.

Research Call Number

JFE 20-4364