Not Exactly Lying - Fake News and Fake Journalism in American History

From fibs about royal incest in America's first newspaper to social-media-driven conspiracy theories surrounding Barack Obama's birthplace, Andie Tucher explores how American audiences have argued over what's real and what's not-and why that matters for democracy.

Sommario

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. “False Reports, Maliciously Made”
2. “Important If True”
3. “Not Exactly Lying”
4. “I Believe in Faking”
5. “We Did Not Call It Propaganda”
6. “Nothing That Is Not Interesting Is News”
7. “Why Don’t You Guys Tell the Truth Once in a While?”
8. “So Goddamn Objective”
9. “The Bastards Are Making It Up!”
10. “Fake but Accurate”
Conclusion: “A Degenerate and Perverted Monstrosity”
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Info autore

Andie Tucher is the H. Gordon Garbedian Professor and the director of the Communications PhD Program at the Columbia Journalism School. She is the author of Froth and Scum: Truth, Beauty, Goodness, and the Ax Murder in America’s First Mass Medium (1994) and Happily Sometimes After: Discovering Stories from Twelve Generations of an American Family (2014). Tucher previously worked in documentary production at ABC News and Public Affairs Television.

Riassunto

From fibs about royal incest in America’s first newspaper to social-media-driven conspiracy theories surrounding Barack Obama’s birthplace, Andie Tucher explores how American audiences have argued over what’s real and what’s not—and why that matters for democracy.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Andie Tucher, Tucher Andie
• Editore: Columbia University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 29.03.2022
• EAN: 9780231186353
• ISBN: 978-0-231-18635-3
• Pagine: 384
• Categorie: Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Società; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, Press & journalism, News media and journalism, Media studies: Journalism