Donald A. Barclay

Disinformation

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

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 574g
• ISBN-13: 9781538144084
• ISBN-10: 1538144085
• Artikelnr.: 62351241

Autorenporträt

Donald A. Barclay

Inhaltsangabe

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.
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