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Author Dimaggio, Anthony R., 1980- author.

Title Fake news in America : contested meanings in the post-truth era / Anthony R. DiMaggio, Lehigh University
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023
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Description 1 online resource (x, 282 pages) : illustrations
Contents The Age of Post-Truth Politics -- The Phenomenon of Fake News, Part 1: Donald Trump’s Twitter Politics -- The Phenomenon of Fake News, Part 2: The News Media Respond to Trump WITH BRANDON BUSCARNERA, RACHAEL BUCCI, CLAIRE FOLEY, AND JAMES CARLSON -- The Phenomenon of Fake News, Part 3: Public Opinion and Contested Meanings -- Fake News as Propaganda: The Bush and Obama Years -- Fake News and US Foreign Policy in the Trump Era -- The Intensifying Fake News Crisis in the Age of Social Media -- Conclusion: Combating Misinformation in the Post-Truth Era
Summary "Drawing on a rich variety of case studies, this book provides the first comprehensive analysis of how propaganda and fake news are utilized to promote misinformation in America. It is ideal reading for anyone interested in how people are socialized to think about fake news in contemporary politics and society"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 11, 2023)
Subject Fake news -- United States -- Case studies
Mass media and public opinion -- United States
Mass media and propaganda -- United States
Disinformation -- United States
Social media -- United States
Media literacy -- United States
Disinformation
Fake news
Mass media and public opinion
Media literacy
Social media
United States
Genre/Form Electronic books
Case studies
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2023005168
ISBN 9781009067362
1009067362