Misinformation in the Digital Age

Monica Stephens, Jessie P.H. Poon and Gordon K.S. Tan

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Abstract: Utilising a geographic lens to examine the adoption and dissemination of, and attention to ‘fake news’, this timely and important book explores how misinformation in the digital age calls attention to the multiple geographic dimensions of online fictions, conspiracy theories and political disinformation.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Geography; Politics and Public Policy Sociology and Social Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
ISBN: 9781789904888
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Misinformation in the digital age: an American infodemic , pp 1-18

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Ch 2 Trust and authority in relational geography , pp 19-42

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Ch 3 Personalized social media, geographies of trust and the news , pp 43-60

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Ch 4 Social media as information weapon , pp 61-75

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Ch 5 New agencies of technologically mediated power , pp 76-91

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Ch 6 Misinformation governance and regulation , pp 92-105

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Ch 7 Conclusion: a resurgence of Misinformation in the Digital Age , pp 106-114

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