Fake News

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 story he doesn''t like? This book examines the real fake news: the constant flow of purposefully crafted, sensational, emo...