Melissa Zimdars - Fake News: Understanding Media and Misinformation in the Digital Age

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Fake News: Understanding Media and Misinformation in the Digital Age, edited by Melissa Zimdars and Kembrew McLeod

Fake News

Understanding Media and Misinformation in the Digital Age

Edited by Melissa Zimdars and Kembrew McLeod

The MIT Press

Cambridge, Massachusetts

London, England

2020 Melissa Zimdars and Kembrew McLeod

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any electronic or mechanical means (including photocopying, recording, or information storage and retrieval) without permission in writing from the publisher.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Zimdars, Melissa, 1985 editor. | McLeod, Kembrew, 1970 editor.

Title: Fake news : understanding media and misinformation in the digital age / edited by Melissa Zimdars, Kembrew McLeod.

Description: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, 2020. | Series: Information policy | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2019022931 | ISBN 9780262538367 (paperback)

Subjects: LCSH: Fake newsUnited States. | Mass media and public opinionUnited States. | DisinformationUnited States. | Social mediaUnited States. | Media literacyUnited States.

Classification: LCC PN4888.F35 F35 2020 | DDC 070.4/3dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019022931

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