Building Back Truth in an Age of Misinformation

In an era of fake news and disinformation, how can we build back truth online? Here are strategies for doing that so that we can repair our existing social media platforms and build better ones that prioritize value over profit, strengthen community ties, and promote access to trustworthy information.

List of contents

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. Understand the Problem
Chapter 2. Learn to Protect Ourselves from Misinformation
Chapter 3. Teach Students to Play Offense against Misinformation
Chapter 4. Design Tools to Create Healthier Digital Communities
Chapter 5. Require Platforms to Serve the Public Interest
Chapter 6. Repair Journalism and Roll Out New Curators
Chapter 7. Build New Digital Public Squares
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

About the author

Leslie F. Stebbins is an independent researcher and the Director of Research4Ed where her clients include Harvard University, the U.S. Department of Education, Tufts University, and the Gates Foundation. She has more than thirty years of experience in higher education with a background in library and information science, instructional design, research, and teaching. Her previous books, Student Guide to Research in the Digital Age and Finding Reliable Information Online: Adventures of an Information Sleuth have been mainstays in college and university media studies and information literacy courses. Leslie lives in Lexington, Massachusetts.

Summary

This book provides strategies fpr building back truth online. It provides solutions so that we can repair our existing social media platforms and build better ones that prioritize value over profit, strengthen community ties, and promote access to trustworthy information.

Product details

• Authors: Leslie F. Stebbins, Stebbins Leslie F.
• Assisted by: Zuckerman Ethan (Foreword)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2023
• EAN: 9781538163146
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-6314-6
• No. of pages: 206
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Propaganda, Press & journalism, News media & journalism, Media studies: Journalism, Political Control & Freedoms, Tools for Combating Disinformation;whitelisting