Fake News, Propaganda, and Plain Old Lies by Donald A. Barclay

Though Barclay intends this work for 'anyone who cares about the trustworthiness of the information they encounter,' its scope will make it most useful as part of college coursework. Toward the end, the book shifts to more advanced topics (statistical models, scholarly information) that will be less useful to lay readers. Barclay, a career librarian who has spent decades teaching university students to become information literate scholars and. And his evaluation (and endorsement) of Wikipedia as a viable of information source is spot-on. Fake News, Propaganda, and Plain Old Lies will show you how to identify deceptive information as well as how to seek out the most trustworthy information in order to inform decision making in your personal. His chapter on fake news provides a clear and succinct overview of the not-so-new phenomenon and the factors that have contributed to its recent proliferation (e.g., information overload, search engine optimization, and political bots). Fake News, Propaganda And Plain Old Lies: How To Find Trustworthy Information. The best parts of the book deal directly with web-related topics. President-elect Donald Trump shouted Im not going to give you a. Barclay Rowman & Littlefield, Language Arts & Disciplines - 304 pages 0 Reviews Reviews arent verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when its. There's also a quick introduction to logical fallacies, with short definitions of concepts like confirmation bias and moral equivalence. : Fake News, Propaganda, and Plain Old Lies: How to Find Trustworthy Information in the Digital Age (9781538136843) by Barclay, Donald A.

He offers basic methods for evaluating information, such as determining whether the source for a news story is identified, and whether a so-called expert has the relevant credentials to provide an informed opinion. Barclay, a deputy University Librarian at University of California, Merced, offers a slim guide on how to separate factual information from fake news. 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.

Fake News, Propaganda, and Plain Old Lies by Donald A. Barclay