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Lies that kill : a citizen's guide to disinformation

Title
Lies that kill : a citizen's guide to disinformation / by Elaine C. Kamarck and Darrell M. West.
Author
Kamarck, Elaine C.
Publication
  • Washington, DC : Brookings Institution Press ; Lanham, Maryland : co-published by Rowman & Littlefield, [2024]
  • ©2024

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Book/textUse in library JFE 25-974Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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Additional Authors
West, Darrell M., 1954-
Subject
  • Disinformation > United States
  • Disinformation > Political aspects > United States
  • Information literacy
  • Disinformation > Social aspects > United States
  • Disinformation
  • Media literacy
  • Computer literacy
Genre/Form
  • Informational works.
  • Case studies.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. Anatomy of a smear -- 2. Election integrity -- 3. Climate change -- 4. Public health -- 5. Race relations -- 6. Wartime disinformation -- 7. Impeding the ability to govern -- 8. What citizens and policymakers can do.
Call Number
JFE 25-974
ISBN
  • 9780815740728
  • 0815740727
  • 9780815740735 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2024938720
OCLC
1430502755
Author
Kamarck, Elaine C., author.
Title
Lies that kill : a citizen's guide to disinformation / by Elaine C. Kamarck and Darrell M. West.
Publisher
Washington, DC : Brookings Institution Press ; Lanham, Maryland : co-published by Rowman & Littlefield, [2024]
Copyright Date
©2024
Description
xii, 160 pages ; 24 cm
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary
"Disinformation made possible by rapid advances in cheap, digital technology, and promoted by organized networks, thrives in the toxic political environment that exists within the United States and around the world. In Lies that Kill, two noted experts take readers inside the world of disinformation campaigns to show concerned citizens how to recognize disinformation, understand it, and protect themselves and others. Using case studies of elections, climate change, public health, race, war, and governance, Elaine Kamarck and Darrell West demonstrate in plain language how our political, social, and economic environment makes disinformation believable to large numbers of people. Karmarck and West argue that we are not doomed to live in an apocalyptic, post-truth world but instead can take actions that are consistent with long-held free speech values. Citizen education can go a long way towards making us more discerning consumers of online materials and we can reduce disinformation risks through digital literacy programs, regulation, legislation, and negotiation with other countries."-- Provided by publisher.
Added Author
West, Darrell M., 1954- author.
Research Call Number
JFE 25-974
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