Anstead Nick - What Do We Know And What Should We Do About Fake News? - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Voters need to be informed to make political decisions but what if their media diet not only prevents them from getting the information they need but actively shapes inaccurate perceptions of the world? Drawing on examples and evidence from around the world this book aims to make a timely intervention to the debate about the concept of fake news. Its underlying argument will have three objectives. First to offer more precise definitions for a term that is often loosely used. Second to offer a less technologically determinist view of fake news. New social media platforms such as Facebook and Whats App are clearly an important part of the story but they exist in wider social political and institutional settings. Third to situate the idea of fake news (and our concern about it) in broader arguments about an ongoing crisis and loss of confidence in liberal democratic institutions. Only with this perspective it will be argued can we possibly address the question of what we should do about fake news.
Title: What Do We Know And What Should We Do About Fake News?
Author(s): Anstead Nick
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Barcode: 9781529717884
Pages: 104 Pages
Publication Date: 3/24/2021
Series: What Do We Know and What Should We Do About:
Category: Media Studies