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245	0	0	_aFake news : _bunderstanding media and misinformation in the digital age / _cedited by Melissa Zimdars and Kembrew McLeod.
260			_aCambridge, Massachusetts : _bThe MIT Press, _c©2020
300			_axi, 395 pages : _billustrations ; _c23 cm.
490	0		_aInformation policy
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aPolitics -- Journalism -- Law & Policy -- Social Media -- Reception -- History -- Media Hoaxes & Satire -- Solutions.
520			_a"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"-- _bNew perspectives on the misinformation ecosystem that is the production and circulation of fake news. What is fake news? Is it an item on Breitbart, an article in The Onion, an outright falsehood disseminated via Russian bot, or a catchphrase used by a politician to discredit a story he doesn't like? This book examines the real fake news- the constant flow of purposefully crafted, sensational, emotionally charged, misleading or totally fabricated information that mimics the form of mainstream news. Rather than viewing fake news through a single lens, the book maps the various kinds of misinformation through several different disciplinary perspectives, taking into account the overlapping contexts of politics, technology, and journalism. The contributors consider topics including fake news as "disorganized" propaganda; folkloric falsehood in the "Pizzagate" conspiracy; native advertising as counterfeit news; the limitations of regulatory reform and technological solutionism; Reddit's enabling of fake news; the psychological mechanisms by which people make sense of information; and the evolution of fake news in America. A section on media hoaxes and satire features an oral history of and an interview with prankster-activists the Yes Men, famous for parodies that reveal hidden truths. Finally, contributors consider possible solutions to the complex problem of fake news-ways to mitigate its spread, to teach students to find factually accurate information, and to go beyond fact-checking.
650		0	_aFake news _zUnited States.
650		0	_aMass media and public opinion _zUnited States.
650		0	_aDisinformation _zUnited States.
650		0	_aSocial media _zUnited States.
650		0	_aMedia literacy _zUnited States.
700	1		_aZimdars, Melissa, _d1985- _eeditor.
700	1		_aMcLeod, Kembrew, _d1970- _eeditor.
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