Beschreibung:
"Drawing on a rich variety of case studies, this book provides the first comprehensive analysis of how propaganda and fake news are utilized to promote misinformation in America. It is ideal reading for anyone interested in how people are socialized to think about fake news in contemporary politics and society"--
Introduction; 1. The age of post-truth politics; 2. The phenomenon of fake news, part one ¿ Donald Trump's Twitter politics; 3. The phenomenon of fake news, part two ¿ the news media respond to Trump Brandon Buscarnera, Rachael Bucci, Claire Foley and James Carlson; 4. The phenomenon of fake news, part 3 ¿ public opinion and contested meanings; 5. Fake news as propaganda ¿ the Bush and Obama years; 6. Fake news and US foreign policy in the Trump era; 7. The intensifying fake news crisis in the age of social media; Conclusion.