Fake News and Disinformation

A list to link together books related to Fake News, including disinformation.

Updated January 19, 2024
University of Victoria Libraries  Justin Harrison, Humanities and Social Sciences Librarian, University of Victoria
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Fake news in context
Farmer, Lesley S. J.
Paper Book
Fake News in Context defines fake news and sets it within a historical and international context. Helping readers to become more skilled at detecting misinformation, the book also demonstrates how such knowledge can be leveraged to facilitate more effective engagement in civic education....
Psychology of Fake News: Accepting, Sharing, and Correcting Misinformation
Paper Book
This volume examines the phenomenon of fake news by bringing together leading experts from different fields within psychology and related areas, and explores what has become a prominent feature of public discourse since the first Brexit referendum and the 2016 US election campaign. Dealing...
Myth of 'free media' and fake news in the post-truth era
Seneviratne, Kalinga
Paper Book
Myth of 'Free Media' and Fake News in the Post-truth Erareveals the story of 'fake news' hysteria and myth of 'free media' in the post-truth world order, starting from the question of whether there has really been a 'truth' era.  The book examines how the news media is battling for relevance...
The first : how to think about hate speech, campus speech, religious speech, fake news, post-truth, and Donald Trump
Fish, Stanley Eugene
Paper Book
From celebrated public intellectual, New York Times bestselling author, and "America's most famous professor" (BookPage) comes an urgent and sharply observed look at freedom of speech and the First Amendment offering a "nonpartisan take on what it does and doesn't protect and...
Fake news : understanding media and misinformation in the digital age
Zimdars, Melissa
Paper Book
New perspectives on the misinformation ecosystem that is the production and circulation of fake news. What is fake news? Is it an item on Breitbart, an article in The Onion, an outright falsehood disseminated via Russian bot, or a catchphrase used by a politician to discredit a...
The anatomy of fake news : a critical news literacy education
Higdon, Nolan
Paper Book
Since the 2016 U.S. presidential election, concerns about fake news have fostered calls for government regulation and industry intervention to mitigate the influence of false content. These proposals are hindered by a lack of consensus concerning the definition of fake news or its origins. Media...
Fake news in America : contested meanings in the post-truth era
Dimaggio, Anthony R.
Paper Book
The term 'fake news' became a buzzword during Donald Trump's presidency, yet it is a term that means very different things to different people. This pioneering book provides a comprehensive examination of what Americans mean when they talk about fake news in contemporary politics, mass media, and...

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