Disinformation - The Nature of Facts and Lies in the Post-Truth Era

By comparing current abuses of the truth with abuses from the past,this book will help you better understand how we got to where we now are, see how we can move beyond the post-truth era, and develop highly practical skills for separating truth from lies.

List of contents

Dedication
Acknowledgements
Preface
Chapter 1: The Meaning of Truth in the Post-Truth Culture
Chapter 2: The Science of the Mind and the Post-Truth Culture
Chapter 3: Digital Utopias Lost: Conflicting How the Dreams from the Dawn of Cyberspace Diverged
Chapter 4: As We May Come to Think: How Technology Changes Way We Think
Chapter 5: Propaganda: The Good, the Bad, and the Persuasive
Chapter 6: Information Wants to Be Free-And Why It Is Not
Chapter 7: Conspiracy Theories in the Post-Truth Culture
Chapter 8: The Powerful Influence of Popular Culture-Amplified by Digital Technology-On the Post-Truth Culture.
About the Author

About the author

By Donald A. Barclay

Product details

• Authors: Donald A Barclay, Donald A. Barclay, Barclay Donald A.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.04.2024
• EAN: 9781538196984
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-9698-4
• No. of pages: 302
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism, COMPUTERS / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, Press & journalism, News media and journalism, Information technology: general issues, Media studies: Journalism, Political control and freedoms, Political Control & Freedoms, Information technology: general topics