Screen LibraryFake news nation : the long history of lies and misinterpretations in America /
After the election of Donald Trump as president, people in the United States and across large swaths of Europe, Latin America, and Asia engaged in the most intensive discussion in modern times about falsehoods pronounced by public officials. Fake facts in their various forms have long been present i...
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Rowman & Littlefield,
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| Publisher Address: | Lanham, Maryland : |
| Publication Dates: | [2019] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
After the election of Donald Trump as president, people in the United States and across large swaths of Europe, Latin America, and Asia engaged in the most intensive discussion in modern times about falsehoods pronounced by public officials. Fake facts in their various forms have long been present in American life, particularly in its politics, public discourse, and business activities - going back to the time when the country was formed. This book explores the long tradition of fake facts, in their various guises, in American history. It is one of the first historical studies to place the l |
| Carrier Form: | vii, 305 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-286) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781538131107 1538131102 |
| Index Number: | PN4888 |
| CLC: | G219.712.9 |
| Call Number: | G219.712.9/C827 |
| Contents: | Introduction -- 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. |