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

Brill, Steven 1950- (author.).

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"--

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ISBN: 9780525658313
Physical Description: viii, 317 pages, 8 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
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Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2024.
Copyright: ©2024

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Misinformation -- Social aspects -- United States
Truthfulness and falsehood -- Social aspects -- United States
Social media and society -- United States

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