Optimising Emotions, Incubating Falsehoods How to Protect the Global Civic Body from Disinformation and Misinformation /

This open access book deconstructs the core features of online misinformation and disinformation. It finds that the optimisation of emotions for commercial and political gain is a primary cause of false information online. The chapters distil societal harms, evaluate solutions, and consider what mus...

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Main Authors: Bakir, Vian (Author), McStay, Andrew (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.
Edition:1st ed. 2022.
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