Misinformation and Mass Audiences /

Misinformation and Mass Audiences / / ed. by Brian G. Southwell, Emily A. Thorson, Laura Sheble.

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Lies and inaccurate information are as old as humanity, but never before have they been so easy to spread. Each moment of every day, the Internet and broadcast media purvey misinformation, either deliberately or accidentally, to a mass audience on subjects ranging from politics to consumer goods to...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
MitwirkendeR:
Ahler, Douglas J.,
Betts, Kevin R.,
Boudewyns, Vanessa,
Bullock, Graham,
Cappella, Joseph N.,
Carrico, Amanda R.,
Donahue, John K.,
Ecker, Ullrich,
Green, Melanie C.,
Hemsley, Jeff,
Kaplan, Samantha,
Maki, Alexander,
Marsh, Elizabeth J.,
Ophir, Yotam,
O’Donoghue, Amie C.,
Paquin, Ryan S.,
Poulsen, Shannon,
Sheble, Laura,
Slota Gupta, Catherine,
Snyder, Jaime,
Sood, Gaurav,
Southwell, Brian G.,
Sutton, Jazmyne,
Swire, Briony,
Thorson, Emily A.,
Vandenbergh, Michael P.,
Vazquez, Natasha,
Weeks, Brian E.,
Yang, Brenda W.,
Young, Dannagal G.,
HerausgeberIn:
Sheble, Laura,
Southwell, Brian G.,
Thorson, Emily A.,
Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©2018
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (320 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Misinformation among Mass Audiences as a Focus for Inquiry
  • PART I Dimensions of Audience Awareness of Misinformation
  • ONE Believing Things That Are Not True: A Cognitive Science Perspective on Misinformation
  • TWO Awareness of Misinformation in Health-Related Advertising: A Narrative Review of the Literature
  • THREE The Importance of Measuring Knowledge in the Age of Misinformation and Challenges in the Tobacco Domain
  • FOUR Measuring Perceptions of Shares of Groups
  • FIVE Dimensions of Visual Misinformation in the Emerging Media Landscape
  • PART II Theoretical Effects and Consequences of Misinformation
  • SIX The Effects of False Information in News Stories
  • SEVEN Can Satire and Irony Constitute Misinformation?
  • EIGHT Media and Political Misperceptions
  • NINE Misinformation and Science: Emergence, Diffusion, and Persistence
  • TEN Doing the Wrong Things for the Right Reasons: How Environmental Misinformation Affects Environmental Behavior
  • PART III Solutions and Remedies for Misinformation
  • ELEVEN Misinformation and Its Correction: Cognitive Mechanisms and Recommendations for Mass Communication
  • TWELVE How to Counteract Consumer Product Misinformation
  • THIRTEEN A History of Fact Checking in U.S. Politics and Election Contexts
  • FOURTEEN Comparing Approaches to Journalistic Fact Checking
  • FIFTEEN The Role of Middle-Level Gatekeepers in the Propagation and Longevity of Misinformation
  • SIXTEEN Encouraging Information Search to Counteract Misinformation: Providing “Balanced” Information about Vaccines
  • Conclusion: An Agenda for Misinformation Research
  • Contributors
  • Index

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