The anatomy of fake news : a critical news literacy education / Nolan Higdon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Higdon, Nolan, 1983- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fake news--United States--History.

Fake news.

Media literacy--Political aspects--United States.

Media literacy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 235 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2020]

Summary:

Since the 2016 US presidential election, debates about fake news have appeared regularly in entertainment, politics, and news media. While many agree on the dangers associated with fake news, there is no consensus around the definition of the phenomenon, and its origins are loosely attributed to a variety of practices and technologies. Much of the discourse has focused on proposing solutions, with media literacy being one of the most frequently mentioned. Nolan Higdon cautions, however, that critical media literacy pedagogy will be unsuccessful without a comprehensive understanding of fake news. The Anatomy of Fake News offers the first examination of fake news for the purpose of creating effective critical news literacy. Higdon employs a critical-historical media ecosystems framework to identify the producers, themes, purposes, and influences of fake news and incorporates his findings into an invaluable fake news detection kit. This much-needed resource provides a rich history of fake news and a promising set of pedagogical strategies for mitigating its pernicious influence.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. The Fourth Estate: Democracy and the Press

2. The Faux Estate: A Brief History of Fake News in America

3. Satirical News and Political Party Propaganda Apparatuses

4. The Roots of State-Sponsored Propaganda

5. Fake News and the Internet Economy

6. Fighting Fake News: Solutions and Discontent

7. The Fake News Detection Kit: The Ten-Point Process to Save Our Democracy

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520975842

0520975847

OCLC:

1145925350