| Fake News Nation: The Long History of Lies and Misinterpretations in America Contributor(s): Cortada, James W. (Author), Aspray, William (Author) |
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ISBN: 1538131102 ISBN-13: 9781538131107 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers OUR PRICE: $41.58 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - General - Social Science | Media Studies - Political Science | Propaganda |
| Dewey: 070.4 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.3" W x 9.2" (1.20 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: How rumors, lies, and misrepresentations shaped American history After the election of Donald Trump as president, people in the United States and across large swaths of Europe, Latin America, and Asia engaged in the most intensive discussion in modern times about falsehoods pronounced by public officials. Fake facts in their various forms have long been present in American life, particularly in its politics, public discourse, and business activities - going back to the time when the country was formed. This book explores the long tradition of fake facts, in their various guises, in American history. It is one of the first historical studies to place the long history of lies and misrepresentation squarely in the middle of American political, business, and science policy rhetoric. In Fake News Nation, James Cortada and William Aspray present a series of case studies that describe how lies and fake facts were used over the past two centuries in important instances in American history. Cortada and Aspray give readers a perspective on fake facts as they appear today and as they are likely to appear in the future. |