LEADER 03226nam 2200409 450 001 9910687932103321 005 20230625213851.0 035 $a(CKB)5670000000374842 035 $a(NjHacI)995670000000374842 035 $a(EXLCZ)995670000000374842 100 $a20230625d2020 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe disinformation age $epolitics, technology, and disruptive communication in the United States /$fW. Lance Bennett, Steven Livingston 210 1$aCambridge, UK :$cCambridge University Press,$d[2020] 215 $a1 online resource (324 pages) 225 1 $aSSRC Anxieties of Democracy 311 $a1-108-82378-5 327 $aPreface. The origins and political importance of disinformation; Author Biographies; Part I. Disinformation in Political and Historical Context: 1. A brief history of the disinformation age: information wars and the decline of institutional authority W. Lance Bennett and Steven Livingston; Part II. The Current Situation: 2. A political economy of the origins of asymmetric propaganda in American media Yochai Benkler; 3. The flooded zone: how we became more vulnerable to disinformation in the digital era Paul Starr; Part III. Historical Roots of Disinformation: 4. How American businessmen made us believe that free enterprise was indivisible from American democracy: the National association of manufacturers' propaganda campaign 1935-1940 Naomi Oreskes, Erik M. Conway and Charlie Tyson; 5. 'Since we are greatly outnumbered': why and how the Koch network uses disinformation to thwart democracy Nancy MacLean; Part IV. The Policy Problem: 6. How digital disinformation turned dangerous Dave Karpf; 7. Policy lessons from five historical patterns in information manipulation Heidi Tworek; 8. Why it is so difficult to regulate disinformation online Ben Epstein; Part V. The Role of Public Broadcasting: 9. US public broadcasting: a bulwark against disinformation? Patricia Aufderheide; 10. The public media option: confronting policy failure in an age of misinformation Victor Pickard; Part VI. Conclusion: Defending Democracy in the Disinformation Age: 11. The coordinated attack on authoritative institutions: defending democracy in the disinformation age Steven Livingston and W. Lance Bennett. 330 $aUnderstanding the post-fact era requires going beyond foreign influence or the rise of social media. This examination of the origins and workings of the US disinformation system shows how political strategies and communication practices have undermined authoritative democratic institutions. This title is available as Open Access on Cambridge Core. 410 0$aSSRC anxieties of democracy. 606 $aCommunication in politics$zUnited States 606 $aDisinformation$zUnited States 615 0$aCommunication in politics 615 0$aDisinformation 676 $a320.97301/4 700 $aBennett$b W. Lance$0144686 702 $aLivingston$b Steven 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910687932103321 996 $aThe disinformation age$93390432 997 $aUNINA