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Book/Printed Material Reality Lost : Markets of Attention, Misinformation and Manipulation

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Title

  • Reality Lost : Markets of Attention, Misinformation and Manipulation

Summary

  • 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 age of information, attention is a prime asset and may be converted into money, power, and influence - sometimes at the cost of facts. The point is to obtain exposure on the air and in print media, and to generate traffic on social media platforms. With information in abundance and attention scarce, the competition is ever fiercer with truth all too often becoming the first victim. Reality Lost: Markets of Attention, Misinformation and Manipulation is an analysis by philosophers Vincent F. Hendricks and Mads Vestergaard of the nuts and bolts of the information market, the attention economy and media eco-system which may pave way to postfactual democracy. Here misleading narratives become the basis for political opinion formation, debate, and legislation. To curb this development and the threat it poses to democratic deliberation, political self-determination and freedom, it is necessary that we first grasp the mechanisms and structural conditions that cause it.

Names

  • Hendricks, Vincent F, author.
  • Vestergaard, Mads, author.

Created / Published

  • Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.

Contents

  • Chapter 1. Attention Economics -- Chapter 2. The News Market -- Chapter 3. Attention Speculation and Political Bubbles -- Chapter 4. Alternative Facts, Misinformation, and Fake News -- Chapter 5. Fact Resistance, Populism, and Conspiracy Theory -- Chapter 6. The Post-Factual Democracy.

Headings

  • -  Economics--Psychological aspects
  • -  Digital media
  • -  Internet marketing
  • -  Philosophy
  • -  Online Marketing/Social Media
  • -  Behavioral/Experimental Economics
  • -  Digital/New Media
  • -  Philosophy of Technology

Notes

  • -  Description based on publisher-supplied MARC data.
  • -  Business and Management (R0) (SpringerNature-43719)
  • -  Business and Management (SpringerNature-41169)

Medium

  • 1 online resource (XXII, 144 pages 49 illustrations)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2019762733

Rights Advisory

Access Advisory

  • Unrestricted online access
  • Open Access

Online Format

  • image
  • epub

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Chicago citation style:

Hendricks, Vincent F, Author, and Mads Vestergaard. Reality Lost: Markets of Attention, Misinformation and Manipulation. Cham: Springer International Publishing: Imprint: Springer, 2019. Image. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2019762733/.

APA citation style:

Hendricks, V. F. & Vestergaard, M. (2019) Reality Lost: Markets of Attention, Misinformation and Manipulation. Cham: Springer International Publishing: Imprint: Springer. [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2019762733/.

MLA citation style:

Hendricks, Vincent F, Author, and Mads Vestergaard. Reality Lost: Markets of Attention, Misinformation and Manipulation. Cham: Springer International Publishing: Imprint: Springer, 2019. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2019762733/>.