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Cortada, James W.
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Fake news -- United States -- History.
Information resources -- United States -- History.
Information services -- United States -- History.
Mass media -- Political aspects.
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Cortada, James W.
Fake news -- United States -- History.
Information resources -- United States -- History.
Information services -- United States -- History.
Mass media -- Political aspects.
MARC Display
Fake
news
nation
: the
long
history
of
lies
and
misinterpretations
in
America
/ James W. Cortada and William Aspray.
by
Cortada, James W.
Rowman & Littlefield, 2019.
Call #:
302.23 C827f
Subjects
Fake
news
-- United States --
History
.
Information resources -- United States --
History
.
Information services -- United States --
History
.
Mass media -- Political aspects.
ISBN:
9781538131107 (hc.)
Description:
vii, 305 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Political Communication in Presidential Elections and the Case of 1828 -- Political Communication in the Age of Television and the Presidential Election of 1960 -- Ultimate in Conspiracies 1: Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln -- Ultimate in Conspiracies 2: Assassination of President John F. Kennedy --
Fake
Facts and Mythmaking in War: Cuba and the Spanish-American War -- Rumors and Misleading Advertising in Business -- Information and Misinformation in the Tobacco Industry -- Misinformation, Politics,and Climate Change --Conclusions.
Summary:
"[T]ells the story of how false information has flooded American public life for over 230 years. The authors [ James W Cortada - a research fellow at the Charles Bagage Institute, University of Minnesota and William Aspray - a professor of information science at University of Colorado Boulder] show how
lies
, misrepresentations, and rumors have drawn
America
into wars, covered up assassinations, influenced national elections, and impacted contentious policy issues such as the effects of smoking and climate change." --Back cover.
Other authors:
Aspray, William.
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