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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 / Steven Brill.
"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. |
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| Subject: | Misinformation > Social aspects > United States. Social media and society > United States. Truthfulness and falsehood > Social aspects > United States. |
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| Lakeshore Branch | 302.2310973 Bri | 31681010375236 | NONFIC | Available | - |
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