Andrew Weiss
Counterfact: Fake News and Misinformation in the Digital Information Age
Counterfact: Fake News and Misinformation in the Digital Information Age
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Fake news has been a part of the disruption of factual information sharing for a long time, with misinformation spreading through lies and rumors. This book will examine a comprehensive model for fake news, looking at its antecedents and precursors, and how it is currently employed using digital information technologies. It will also explore the relationship of the creator and the user of fake news, and the wider impacts of fake news on societies, especially in the areas of education, politics, and public policy. The scale and scope of examining fake news requires both a local focus and a large-scale inquiry into societal and cultural norms.
Format: Hardback
Length: 300 pages
Publication date: 01 February 2024
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Fake news has been a significant factor in the disruption of how factual information is shared among people for a long time. It includes false news stories spread with the intent to deceive, as well as instructive and parodic stories that provide the tools needed to puncture misinformation bubbles. The current consensus on what comprises fake news is somewhat contested, and this book will examine a comprehensive model for fake news that might be used to help predict and neutralize its negative effects. The book is unique in its approach to fake news, seeing it as situated within a matrix of behaviors, conditions, and contexts that must be accounted for before its effects can be completely neutralized. The context also explores the relationship of the creator and the user of fake news, speculating on the intertwined actions and motives of both. It is hypothesized that specific conditions exploited by 'bad actors' would contribute to the spread of fake news and that low levels or lack of certain identifiable characteristics in users (i.e. ability to scaffold, conduct parallel thinking, be aware of ones ignorance, know ones strengths and weaknesses) would also make it more likely to be consumed.
Weight: 567g
Dimension: 238 x 157 x 24 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781538177372
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