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| Title Statement | Lies that kill: a citizen's guide to disinformation / by Elaine C. Kamarck and Darrell M. West. |
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| Author | Kamarck, Elaine C |
| Additional Contributors | West, Darrell M.,1954- |
| Publication | Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press,[2024]©2024 |
| Extent of Item | xii, 160 pages ; |
| ISBN | 9780815740728 (hardcover) |
| Other Number | pr07725466 |
| General Notes | Co-published by Rowman & Littlefield. |
| Contents | 1. Anatomy of a smear --2. Election integrity --3. Climate change --4. Public health --5. Race relations --6. Wartime disinformation --7. Impeding the ability to govern --8. What citizens and policymakers can do. |
| Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary | "Disinformation made possible by rapid advances in cheap, digital technology, and promoted by organized networks, thrives in the toxic political environment that exists within the United States and around the world. In Lies that Kill, two noted experts take readers inside the world of disinformation campaigns to show concerned citizens how to recognize disinformation, understand it, and protect themselves and others. Using case studies of elections, climate change, public health, race, war, and governance, Elaine Kamarck and Darrell West demonstrate in plain language how our political, social, and economic environment makes disinformation believable to large numbers of people. Kamarck and West argue that we are not doomed to live in an apocalyptic, post-truth world but instead can take actions that are consistent with long-held free speech values. Citizen education can go a long way towards making us more discerning consumers of online materials and we can reduce disinformation risks through digital literacy programs, regulation, legislation, and negotiation with other countries."-- |
| Subjects & Genres | |
| By Topic | Computer literacy |
| Disinformation--Political aspects--United States | |
| Disinformation--United States | |
| Disinformation | |
| Information literacy | |
| Media literacy | |
| Disinformation--Social aspects--United States | |
| By Genre | Case studies |
