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A new timely book, The Psychology of Fake News: Accepting, Sharing, and Correcting Misinformation – a collection of research articles edited by Rainer Greifeneder, Mariela Jaffe, Eryn Newman, and Norbert Schwarz, published by Routledge – is available as a free online read or free download, and as a free Kindle ebook on Amazon.com. (via Niemanlab) Here’s a short interview with one of the editors, social psychologist Professor Rainer Greifeneder: “No one is immune to fake news”.
Another freely available resource on the topic of disinformation is the Verification Handbook for Disinformation and Media Manipulation written by Craig Silverman (Media editor at Buzzfeed News) and published by the European Journalism Centre.
Similarly addressed to journalists but accessible and of potential interest to anyone is a free book published by UNESCO, Journalism, 'Fake News' and Disinformation: A Handbook for Journalism Education and Training (print-friendly PDF download, also available as individual modules).
More recommended non-free reading in this top ten reading list of (non-fiction) books about disinformation (from E&T magazine, a publication of the UK Institute of Engineering and Technology), and this list of Top 10 books about fake news (from The Guardian) including both fiction and non-fiction.
Another freely available resource on the topic of disinformation is the Verification Handbook for Disinformation and Media Manipulation written by Craig Silverman (Media editor at Buzzfeed News) and published by the European Journalism Centre.
Similarly addressed to journalists but accessible and of potential interest to anyone is a free book published by UNESCO, Journalism, 'Fake News' and Disinformation: A Handbook for Journalism Education and Training (print-friendly PDF download, also available as individual modules).
More recommended non-free reading in this top ten reading list of (non-fiction) books about disinformation (from E&T magazine, a publication of the UK Institute of Engineering and Technology), and this list of Top 10 books about fake news (from The Guardian) including both fiction and non-fiction.
Well I find the topic of disinformation fascinating in itself but I certainly don’t think fighting disinformation is a futile, hopeless and naive endeavour, especially not now before yet another US presidential election that will also have ramifications around the world, and with social media having such an increasing influence on what kind of content is "trending", and with far-right conspiracy theories like Qanon spreading globally.
Sure there are different levels of propaganda, some are embedded into capitalism itself, but that doesn’t mean there’s nothing we can do about any of it, especially when it comes to overt disinformation of the kind we’re seeing more and more of.
There are very practical approaches to combating disinformation that are detailed in those books I linked to. I also found this an interesting quicker read from a few years ago (Brookings Institution). And to get an idea of how different nations are dealing with the issue, this guide to anti-misinformation actions around the world (Poynter) has a list of countries and handy maps to see what measures have been implemented globally.
posted by bitteschoen at 8:45 AM on September 3, 2020 [3 favorites]
Sure there are different levels of propaganda, some are embedded into capitalism itself, but that doesn’t mean there’s nothing we can do about any of it, especially when it comes to overt disinformation of the kind we’re seeing more and more of.
There are very practical approaches to combating disinformation that are detailed in those books I linked to. I also found this an interesting quicker read from a few years ago (Brookings Institution). And to get an idea of how different nations are dealing with the issue, this guide to anti-misinformation actions around the world (Poynter) has a list of countries and handy maps to see what measures have been implemented globally.
posted by bitteschoen at 8:45 AM on September 3, 2020 [3 favorites]
These are great, thanks so much for posting about them!
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