The Anatomy of Fake News

A Critical News Literacy Education

De: Nolan Higdon

Narrado por: Peter Lerman

Since the 2016 US presidential election, concerns about fake news have fostered calls for government regulation and industry intervention to mitigate the influence of false content. These proposals are hindered by a lack of consensus concerning the definition of fake news or its origins. Media scholar Nolan Higdon contends that expanded access to critical media literacy education, grounded in a comprehensive history of fake news, is a more promising solution to these issues.

The Anatomy of Fake News offers the first historical examination of fake news that takes as its goal the effective teaching of critical news literacy in the United States. Higdon employs a critical-historical media ecosystems approach to identify the producers, themes, purposes, and influences of fake news. The findings are then incorporated into an invaluable fake news detection kit. This much-needed resource provides a rich history and a promising set of pedagogical strategies for mitigating the pernicious influence of fake news.

The book is published by University of California Press. The audiobook is published by University Press Audiobooks.

©2020 Nolan Higdon (P)2023 Redwood Audiobooks

Nice voice. Good information.

Slightly dry information but well read and solid scholarship. This is a very important topic and we will need this in the coming years.

Great Historical Presentation

I appreciate the research that went into this book. Adults and students should read/listen to The Anatomy of Fake News; so much to learn about the way information is disseminated, and critical thinking skills are imperative in order to be properly informed. Peter Lerman’s narration was very clear and great throughout the audiobook!

This is a very enlightening book

I am a skeptic that questions practically everything. The last chapter of this book provides tools to be used when questioning. I highly recommend this book to enlighten the public.

Interesting Analysis of Fake News

A great quick education on what the term so many have used without actually knowing what it is. A term that has been weaponized by the masses. Narrator Peter Lerman presents an interesting subject in a precise and authoritative manner, as usual. It's easy to forget that Lerman is not actually the author. A timely and well presented book.

Mistake in Book

Pg. 82 about lies U.S. used about Germans were actually true.
https://www.worldjewishcongress.org/en/news/polish-study-proves-nazis-used-human-bodies-to-produce-soap
https://www.auschwitz.org/en/museum/news/human-fat-was-used-to-produce-soap-in-gdansk-during-the-war,55.html
https://ijhmc.arphahub.com/article/69956/