TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bennett,W.Lance
AU  - Livingston,Steven
TI  - The disinformation age: politics, technology, and disruptive communication in the United States 
T2  - SSRC anxieties of democracy
SN  - 9781108914628 (ebook)
AV  - JA85.2.U6 D57 2021
U1  - 320.97301/4 23
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Communication in politics
KW  - United States
KW  - Disinformation
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 13 Oct 2020); Open Access title
N2  - The intentional spread of falsehoods - and attendant attacks on minorities, press freedoms, and the rule of law - challenge the basic norms and values upon which institutional legitimacy and political stability depend. How did we get here? The Disinformation Age assembles a remarkable group of historians, political scientists, and communication scholars to examine the historical and political origins of the post-fact information era, focusing on the United States but with lessons for other democracies. Bennett and Livingston frame the book by examining decades-long efforts by political and business interests to undermine authoritative institutions, including parties, elections, public agencies, science, independent journalism, and civil society groups. The other distinguished scholars explore the historical origins and workings of disinformation, along with policy challenges and the role of the legacy press in improving public communication. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108914628
ER  -