| Title |
Misinformation and mass audiences / edited by Brian G. Southwell, Emily A. Thorson, and Laura Sheble. |
| Edition |
First edition. |
| OCLC |
ybp14263054 |
| ISBN |
9781477314579 (electronic bk.) |
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1477314571 (electronic bk.) |
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9781477314555 |
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1477314555 |
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9781477314562 |
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1477314563 |
| Publisher |
Austin : University of Texas Press, 2018. |
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©2018. |
| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 307 pages) : illustrations. |
| LC Subject heading/s |
Mass media -- Audiences.
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Communication.
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Common fallacies -- Social aspects.
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Deceptive advertising -- Social aspects.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction. Misinformation among mass audiences as a focus for inquiry / Brian G. Southwell, Emily A. Thorson, and Laura Sheble -- Believing things that are not true : a cognitive science perspective on misinformation / Elizabeth J. Marsh and Brenda W. Yang -- Awareness of misinformation in health-related advertising : a narrative review of the literature / Vanessa Boudewyns, Brian G. Southwell, Kevin R. Betts, Catherine Slota Gupta, Ryan S. Paquin, Amie C. O'Donoghue, and Natasha Vazquez -- The importance of measuring knowledge in the age of misinformation and challenges in the tobacco domain / Joseph N. Cappella, Yotam Ophir, and Jazmyne Sutton -- Measuring perceptions of share of groups / Douglas J. Ahler and Gaurav Sood -- Dimensions of visual misinformation in the emerging media landscape / Jeff Hemsley and Jaime Snyder -- The effects of false information in news stories / Melanie C. Green and John K. Donahue -- Can satire and irony constitute misinformation? / Dannagal G. Young -- Media and political misperceptions / Brian E. Weeks -- Misinformation and science: emergence, diffusion, and persistence / Laura Sheble -- Doing the wrong things for the right reasons : how environmental misinformation affects environmental behavior / Alexander Maki, Amanda R. Carrico, and Michael P. Vandenbergh -- Misinformation and its correction : cognitive mechanisms and recommendations for mass communication / Briony Swire and Ullrich Ecker -- How to counteract consumer product misinformation / Graham Bullock -- A history of fact-checking in U.S. politics and election contexts / Shannon Poulsen and Dannagal G. Young -- Comparing approaches to journalistic fact-checking / Emily A. Thorson -- The role of middle-level gatekeepers in propagation and longevity of misinformation / Jeff Hemsley -- Encouraging information search to counteract misinformation : providing "balanced" information about vaccines / Samantha Kaplan -- Conclusion. An agenda for misinformation research / Emily A. Thorson, Laura Sheble, and Brian G. Southwell. |
| Restrictions |
Single user license access. |
| Reproduction note |
Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web. |
| Source of Description |
Description based on print version record. |
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