Screen LibraryMisinformation and mass audiences /
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| Group Author: | ; ; |
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University of Texas Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Austin : |
| Publication Dates: | 2018. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: |
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| Carrier Form: | ix, 307 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781477314555 (hardback) : 1477314555 (hardback) 9781477314562 (paperback) 1477314563 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | P91 |
| CLC: | G206.3 |
| Call Number: | G206.3/M678 |
| Contents: |
Misinformation among mass audiences as a focus for inquiry / Believing things that are not true : a cognitive science perspective on misinformation / Awareness of misinformation in health-related advertising : a narrative review of the literature / The importance of measuring knowledge in the age of misinformation and challenges in the tobacco domain / Measuring perceptions of share of groups / Dimensions of visual misinformation in the emerging media landscape / The effects of false information in news stories / Can satire and irony constitute misinformation? / Media and political misperceptions / Misinformation and science: emergence, diffusion, and persistence / Doing the wrong things for the right reasons : how environmental misinformation affects environmental behavior / Misinformation and its correction : cognitive mechanisms and recommendations for mass communication / How to counteract consumer product misinformation / A history of fact-checking in U.S. politics and election contexts / Comparing approaches to journalistic fact-checking / The role of middle-level gatekeepers in propagation and longevity of misinformation / Encouraging information search to counteract misinformation : providing "balanced" information about vaccines / An agenda for misinformation research / |