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Index
Cover
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Misinformation among Mass Audiences as a Focus for Inquiry
Part I: Dimensions of Audience Awareness of Misinformation
One: Believing Things That Are Not True: A Cognitive Science Perspective on Misinformation
Two: Awareness of Misinformation in Health-Related Advertising: A Narrative Review of the Literature
Three: The Importance of Measuring Knowledge in the Age of Misinformation and Challenges in the Tobacco Domain
Four: Measuring Perceptions of Shares of Groups
Five: Dimensions of Visual Misinformation in the Emerging Media Landscape
Part II: Theoretical Effects and Consequences of Misinformation
Six: The Effects of False Information in News Stories
Seven: Can Satire and Irony Constitute Misinformation?
Eight: Media and Political Misperceptions
Nine: Misinformation and Science: Emergence, Diffusion, and Persistence
Ten: Doing the Wrong Things for the Right Reasons: How Environmental Misinformation Affects Environmental Behavior
Part III: Solutions and Remedies for Misinformation
Eleven: Misinformation and Its Correction: Cognitive Mechanisms and Recommendations for Mass Communication
Twelve: How to Counteract Consumer Product Misinformation
Thirteen: A History of Fact Checking in U.S. Politics and Election Contexts
Fourteen: Comparing Approaches to Journalistic Fact Checking
Fifteen: The Role of Middle-Level Gatekeepers in the Propagation and Longevity of Misinformation
Sixteen: Encouraging Information Search to Counteract Misinformation: Providing “Balanced” Information about Vaccines
Conclusion: An Agenda for Misinformation Research
Contributors
Index
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