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200 10$aSocietal Deception $eGlobal Social Issues in Post-Truth Times /$fby Geoffrey Lawrence
205   $a1st ed. 2024.
210  1$aLondon :$cPalgrave Macmillan UK :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2024.
215   $a1 online resource (474 pages) $cillustrations
311 08$a9781349961061 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aWho Can You Believe? Of Media, Misinformation and Trumpery -- It?s the Economy, Stupid! Neoliberal Nonsense and the Myths of the Free Market -- From Seedling to Supermarket: Farming, Fast Food and the Fabrication of Trust -- Saving the Planet with Pesticides and Plastic: Corporate Profiteering and Planetary Destruction -- The Power to Lie: Propaganda and Post-truth Politics -- Praying for Salvation: Forgeries and Fallacies of Religion -- The Ultimate Diversion: Sport as False Consciousness? -- The Future: Confronting the Culprits.
330   $aThis book provides a comprehensive overview of ?societal deception? - how and why people are deceived and led to believe fake news. Coherently blending critical political economy and sociology, the author provocatively examines how corporations, political parties, the media, think tanks and assorted 'influencers' seek to manipulate public opinion to achieve their goals. This book spans an array of contemporary topics and issues not normally tackled by a single writer ? the media, genetic engineering, fast food, environmental pollution, climate change, economic inequality, political manipulations, sports, and religion. While critical in subject matter, and replete with easily accessible and reliable sources, this book is highly readable and entertaining for the general as well as academic audience interested in current global issues.
606   $aSociology
606   $aPolitical sociology
606   $aEconomics$xSociological aspects
606   $aNutrition
606   $aFood
606   $aMass media
606   $aCommunication
606   $aPublic Sociology
606   $aPolitical Sociology
606   $aEconomic Sociology
606   $aSociology of Food and Nutrition
606   $aMedia Sociology
606   $aMedia and Communication
615  0$aSociology.
615  0$aPolitical sociology.
615  0$aEconomics$xSociological aspects.
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