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The Spread of Disinformation in the Media / Clarence B. Suhr, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Media and communications-- technologies, policies and challenges.
- Media and Communications - Technologies, Policies and Challenges Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fake news.
- Disinformation.
- Mass media.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (241 p.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2022]
- Summary:
- Disinformation is shared with the deliberate intent to deceive. Disinformation represents an intentional effort to shape or distort public perception. Chapter 1 reports on media outlets, such as cable news, broadcast news, and radio, and the role they play in disseminating disinformation and fomenting extremism. The spread of disinformation on social media and the deadly and dangerous effect it is having on our nation and on our democracy is reviewed in Chapter 2.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 979-88-86973-76-1
- OCLC:
- 1348482043
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