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The death of truth : how social media and the internet gave snake oil salesmen and demagogues the weapons they needed to destroy trust and polarize the world -- and what we can do about it  Cover Image Book Book

The death of truth : how social media and the internet gave snake oil salesmen and demagogues the weapons they needed to destroy trust and polarize the world -- and what we can do about it / Steven Brill.

Summary:

"A best-selling author documents how facts -- shared truths -- have lost their power to hold us together as a community, as a country, globally, and how belief in "alternative facts" and conspiracy theories have destroyed trust in institutions, leaders, and legitimate experts"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780525658313 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: viii, 317 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2024.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject: Misinformation > Social aspects > United States.
Social media and society > United States.
Truthfulness and falsehood > Social aspects > United States.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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