Description
| Product ID: | 9781032178875 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Disruptions |
| Title: | Fake News |
| Subtitle: | Falsehood, Fabrication and Fantasy in Journalism |
| Authors: | Author: Brian McNair |
| Page Count: | 108 |
| Subjects: | Media studies, Media studies, News media and journalism, Press & journalism |
| Description: | Fake News: Falsehood, fabrication and fantasy in journalism presents an accessible exploration of fakery and deception in news and journalism, giving readers valuable historical context in considering the development of falsification in the news Fake News: Falsehood, fabrication and fantasy in journalism examines the causes and consequences of the ‘fake news’ phenomenon now sweeping the world’s media and political debates. Drawing on three decades of research and writing on journalism and news media, the author engages with the fake news phenomenon in accessible, insightful language designed to bring clarity and context to a complex and fast-moving debate. The author presents fake news not as a cultural issue in isolation but rather as arising from, and contributing to, significant political and social trends in twenty-first century societies. Chapters identify the factors which have laid the groundwork for fake news’ explosive appearance at this moment in our globalised public sphere. These include the rise of relativism and the crisis of objectivity, the role of digital media platforms in the production and consumption of news, and the growing drive to produce online content which attracts users and generates revenue. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-09-30 |
