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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2020

Edited by
W. Lance Bennett  and
Steven Livingston
W. Lance Bennett
Affiliation:
University of Washington
Steven Livingston
Affiliation:
George Washington University, Washington DC

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The Disinformation Age
Politics, Technology, and Disruptive Communication in the United States
 , pp. vii - viii
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020
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Contents

  1. List of Contributors

  2. Preface: The Origins and Importance of Political Disinformation

  3. Acknowledgments

  4. Part I:Disinformation in Political and Historical Context

    1. 1A Brief History of the Disinformation Age: Information Wars and the Decline of Institutional Authority

      W. Lance Bennett and Steven Livingston

  5. Part II:The Current Situation

    1. 2A Political Economy of the Origins of Asymmetric Propaganda in American Media

      Yochai Benkler

    2. 3The Flooded Zone: How We Became More Vulnerable to Disinformation in the Digital Era

      Paul Starr

  6. Part III:Historical Roots of Disinformation

    1. 4How American Businessmen Made Us Believe that Free Enterprise was Indivisible from American Democracy: The National Association of Manufacturers’ Propaganda Campaign 1935–1940

      Naomi Oreskes, Erik M. Conway, and Charlie Tyson

    2. 5“Since We Are Greatly Outnumbered”: Why and How the Koch Network Uses Disinformation to Thwart Democracy

      Nancy MacLean

  7. Part IV:The Policy Problem

    1. 6How Digital Disinformation Turned Dangerous

      Dave Karpf

    2. 7Policy Lessons from Five Historical Patterns in Information Manipulation

      Heidi Tworek

    3. 8Why It Is So Difficult to Regulate Disinformation Online

      Ben Epstein

  8. Part V:The Role of Public Broadcasting

    1. 9US Public Broadcasting: A Bulwark against Disinformation?

      Patricia Aufderheide

    2. 10The Public Media Option: Confronting Policy Failure in an Age of Misinformation

      Victor Pickard

  9. Conclusion: Defending Democracy in the Disinformation Age

    1. 11The Coordinated Attack on Authoritative Institutions: Defending Democracy in the Disinformation Age

      W. Lance Bennett and Steven Livingston

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