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• Fake News Witch Hunts & Conspiracy Theories

  An Infodemiologist's Guide to the Truth

  Hoffmann, Pauline W.

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  What’s the truth and what’s a lie? What is the difference between misinformation and disinformation? How can I tell the difference? Fake News, Witch Hunts, and Conspiracy Theories is truth-telling through research and education to help you…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• May Contain Lies

  How Stories, Statistics, and Studies Exploit Our Biases -- and What We Can Do About It

  Edmans, Alex

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  In this eye-opening book, renowned economist Alex Edmans teaches us how to separate fact from fiction. Using colorful examples—from a wellness guru’s tragic but fabricated backstory to the blunders that led to the Deepwater Horizon…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Foolproof

  Why Misinformation Infects Our Minds and How to Build Immunity

  Van Der Linden, Sander

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  Informed by decades of research and on-the-ground experience advising governments and tech companies, Foolproof is the definitive guide to navigating the misinformation age.

• Truth, Lies, and Technology

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  With the accelerating rise of online communication, there has also been an unprecedented spread of falsehoods. Readers coming of age in this world of information spreading at speeds faster than ever before may wonder about how technology…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Digital Literacy

  Skills & Strategies

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  Aims to introduce users to explanations of cutting-edge, as well as everyday, technology, explaining these technologies and their primary elements through clear prose informed by expert analysis.

• The Fake News Crisis

  How Misinformation Harms Society

  Sheen, Barbara

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  Fake news is a problem that affects everyone. It can undermine democracies, negatively impact public health, and destroy reputations. How fake news spreads, the problems fake news causes, how to recognize and keep from spreading it are…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• What the Fact?

  Yasmin, Seema, 1982-

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  From acclaimed writer, journalist, and physician Dr. Seema Yasmin comes an accessible and critical book about the importance of media literacy, fact-based reporting, and the ability to discern truth from lies.

• The Media and Me

  a Guide to Critical Media Literacy for Young People

  Project Censored (U.S.)

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  By covering topics like storytelling, building arguments and recognizing fallacies, surveillance and digital gatekeeping, advertising and consumerism, and global social problems through a critical media literacy lens, this book will help…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Constitution of Knowledge

  a Defense of Truth

  Rauch, Jonathan, 1960-

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  Analyzing trends in American disinformation and conspiracy, Rauch reaches back to the parallel eighteenth-century developments of liberal democracy and science to explain what he calls the "Constitution of Knowledge"--our social system for…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Trust No One

  Inside the World of Deepfakes

  Grothaus, Michael,

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  Deepfake technology can create video evidence of just about anything. ...In a time where fake news and disinformation is becoming harder and harder to identify, it is more essential than ever to understand the dark origins of deepfakes.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Active Measures

  the Secret History of Disinformation and Political Warfare

  Rid, Thomas, 1975-

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  This revelatory and dramatic history of disinformation traces the rise of secret organized deception operations from the interwar period to contemporary internet troll farms.

• After the Fact?

  the Truth About Fake News

  Gilroy-Ware, Marcus

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  Using a wide array of issues and examples -- from identity politics to conspiracy theories to corruption scandals -- this book is an entertaining appraisal of our changing relationship to political truth, taking issue with standard…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Calling Bullshit

  the Art of Skepticism in a Data-driven World

  Bergstrom, Carl T.,

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  In this lively guide to everything from misleading statistics to "fake news," Bergstrom and West help you recognize bullshit whenever and wherever you encounter it--in data, in conversation, even within yourself--and explain it to your…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• True or False

  a CIA Analyst's Guide to Spotting Fake News

  Otis, Cindy L.,

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  In True or False, former CIA analyst Cindy Otis will take readers through the history and impact of misinformation over the centuries, sharing stories from the past and insights that readers today can gain from them. Then, she shares…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fake News

  Separating Truth From Fiction

  Miller, Michael, 1958-

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  This title explores journalistic and fact-checking standards, Constitutional protections, and real-world case studies, helping readers identify the mechanics, perpetrators, motives, and psychology of fake news. A final chapter explores…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fake News, Propaganda, and Plain Old Lies

  How to Find Trustworthy Information in the Digital Age

  Barclay, Donald A.

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  Fake News, Propaganda, and Plain Old Lies explains how to identify deceptive information and seek out the most trustworthy information to inform decision making in your personal, academic, professional, and civic lives. Barclay takes an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fact Vs. Fiction

  Teaching Critical Thinking Skills in the Age of Fake News

  LaGarde, Jennifer

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  This book provides educators with tools and resources to help students discern fact from fiction in the information they access not only at school, but on the devices they carry in their pockets and backpacks.

• Fighting Fake News!

  Teaching Critical Thinking and Media Literacy in a Digital Age

  Housand, Brian C.

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  Fighting Fake News! focuses on applying critical thinking skills in digital environments while also helping students and teachers to avoid information overload. With the lessons and activities in this book, students will be challenged to…Read moreRead more of this annotation