What Do We Know and What Should We Do about Fake News?

by Nick Anstead

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1529717884
• ISBN13: 9781529717884
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.8" x 8.3"