00000cam a22000003i 4500 UP-1685594773862388032 Buklod 20240215150100.0 m | | ta 210223s2018 mdua rb |001 0|eng d 9781538136843 (iLib)UPBAG-00039347522 BC-72073 Php2,320.00 OLC BAG rda eng PN 4784 F27 B37 2018 Barclay, Donald A. author. Fake news, propaganda, and plain old lies how to find trustworthy information in the digital age Donald A. Barclay. Lanham, Maryland Rowman & Littlefield, an imprint of the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. 2018. xv, 228 pages illustrations 23 cm Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-211) and index. Credible information: why it matters, what are its limitations -- Fake news as phenomenon: (almost) nothing new under the sun -- Tricks of the trade: techniques that lower your information guard -- Logical fallacies: more tools of deception -- Evaluating an information source: nine essential questions everyone should ask -- Power in numbers: negotiating the statistics minefield -- Scholarly information: identifying, evaluating, and understanding it -- Help is where you find it: resources for evaluating information -- Final thoughts. Fake News, Propaganda, and Plain Old Lies explains how to identify deceptive information and seek out the most trustworthy information to inform decision making in your personal, academic, professional, and civic lives. Barclay takes an objective, non-partisan approach to the topic of sorting deceptive information from trustworthy information. Fake news. Journalism History 21st century. Online journalism. FO UPBAG UPBAG-MAIN PN 4784 F27 B37 2018 Book