The death of truth how social media and the internet gave snake oil salesmen and demagogues the weapons to destroy trust and polarize the world--and what we can do about it

The death of truth

how social media and the internet gave snake oil salesmen and demagogues the weapons to destroy trust and polarize the world--and what we can do about it
Steven Brill
Book - 2024

"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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brill, Steven, 1950- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2024.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Misinformation > Social aspects > United States.
Disinformation > Social aspects.
Truthfulness and falsehood > Social aspects > United States.
Social media and society > United States.
Conspiracy theories.
Polarization (Social sciences)

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