Misinformation in the Digital Age

An American Infodemic

Monica Stephens, Jessie P.H. Poon, Gordon K.S. Tan (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

148 Seiten

2023
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78990-488-8 (ISBN)

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Utilising a geographic lens to examine the adoption and dissemination of, and attention to ‘fake news’, this timely and important book explores how misinformation in the digital age calls attention to the multiple geographic dimensions of online fictions, conspiracy theories and political disinformation.

Using a geographic lens to examine the adoption and dissemination of, and attention to ‘fake news’, this timely and important book explores how misinformation in the digital age calls attention to the multiple geographic dimensions of online fictions, conspiracy theories and political disinformation.

Chapters delve into how social and digital media have rescaled and disrupted relations of trust and authority in the (mis)information age. The book draws on quantitative data and qualitative cases to shed light on the geographies of misinformation, covering urban legends, political rumors, information weaponization, and Climategate, as well as trade and financial fictions. The book explores in depth climate change misinformation, conspiracy theories and other critical contemporary events such as Pizzagate, Russian-led overseas political interference campaigns, and Cambridge Analytica.

Geography and environmental studies scholars will benefit from the analysis of the denial of global climate change and geographic lens the book uses. It will also be an important read for practitioners and policy makers looking for a helpful reference summarizing interdisciplinary work on misinformation in accessible prose.

Monica Stephens, Department of Geography, Durham University, UK, Jessie P.H. Poon, Department of Geography, University at Buffalo, US and Gordon K.S. Tan, Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore

Contents: 1. Misinformation in the digital age: an American infodemic 2. Trust and authority in relational geography 3. Personalized social media, geographies of trust and the news 4. Social media as information weapon 5. New agencies of technologically mediated power 6. Misinformation governance and regulation 7. Conclusion: a resurgence of Misinformation in the Digital Age References Index

Erscheinungsdatum	08.02.2023
Reihe/Serie	The International Geographical Union Series on Contemporary Geographies
Verlagsort	Cheltenham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
ISBN-10	1-78990-488-9 / 1789904889
ISBN-13	978-1-78990-488-8 / 9781789904888
Zustand	Neuware