New perspectives on the misinformation ecosystem that is the
production and circulation of fake news. What is fake news? Is it
an item on Breitbart, an article in The Onion, an outright
falsehood disseminated via Russian bot, or a catchphrase used by a
politician to discredit a story he doesn't like? This book examines
the real fake news: the constant flow of purposefully crafted,
sensational, emotionally charged, misleading or totally fabricated
information that mimics the form of mainstream news. Rather than
viewing fake news through a single lens, the book maps the various
kinds of misinformation through several different disciplinary
perspectives, taking into account the overlapping contexts of
politics, technology, and journalism. The contributors consider
topics including fake news as "disorganized" propaganda; folkloric
falsehood in the "Pizzagate" conspiracy; native advertising as
counterfeit news; the limitations of regulatory reform and
technological solutionism; Reddit's enabling of fake news; the
psychological mechanisms by which people make sense of information;
and the evolution of fake news in America. A section on media
hoaxes and satire features an oral history of and an interview with
prankster-activists the Yes Men, famous for parodies that reveal
hidden truths. Finally, contributors consider possible solutions to
the complex problem of fake news-ways to mitigate its spread, to
teach students to find factually accurate information, and to go
beyond fact-checking. Contributors Mark Andrejevic, Benjamin
Burroughs, Nicholas Bowman, Mark Brewin, Elizabeth Cohen, Colin
Doty, Dan Faltesek, Johan Farkas, Cherian George, Tarleton
Gillespie, Dawn R. Gilpin, Gina Giotta, Theodore Glasser, Amanda
Ann Klein, Paul Levinson, Adrienne Massanari, Sophia A. McClennen,
Kembrew McLeod, Panagiotis Takis Metaxas, Paul Mihailidis, Benjamin
Peters, Whitney Phillips, Victor Pickard, Danielle Polage,
Stephanie Ricker Schulte, Leslie-Jean Thornton, Anita Varma, Claire
Wardle, Melissa Zimdars, Sheng Zou
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