Reality Lost: Markets of Attention, Misinformation and Manipulation

• Main Author: Vincent F. Hendricks (auth)
• Other Authors: Mads Vestergaard (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Nature 2019
• Subjects: Misinformation; Attention Economics; Donald Trump; Social Media; Populism; Information Age; Digital Authority; Information; Conspiracy Theory; Democracy; Politics; Philosophy; Digitial Slavery
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This open access book looks at how a democracy can devolve into a post-factual state. The media is being flooded by populist narratives, fake news, conspiracy theories and make-believe. Misinformation is turning into a challenge for all of us, whether politicians, journalists, or citizens. In the ag...