Fake News in Context by Lesley S J Farmer

Fake News in Context by Lesley S J Farmer

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This book explains the communication cycle of fake news - how and why it is created, disseminated, accessed, and believed - and how it can be detected. Explaining why people believe it, she shows how various literacies (including news, media, visual, and data) offer concepts and skills that can help interpret fake news.

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Fake News in Context by Lesley S J Farmer

This book explains the communication cycle of fake news - how and why it is created, disseminated, accessed, and believed - and how it can be detected. Explaining why people believe it, she shows how various literacies (including news, media, visual, and data) offer concepts and skills that can help interpret fake news.

Lesley S. J. Farmer is Professor of Library Media at California State University Long Beach, USA, and the manager of the statewide ICT literacy project. She has authored over 30 books, and edited three other volumes, mainly on library science.

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ISBN 13 9780367416805
ISBN 10 0367416808
Title Fake News in Context
Author Lesley S J Farmer
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Routledge
Year published 2020-12-18
Number of pages 164
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