| 书目名称 | From Urban Legends to Political Fact-Checking |
| 副标题 | Online Scrutiny in A |
| 编辑 | William Aspray,James W. Cortada |
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| 概述 | Presents a unique focus on the origins of political fact-checking through the larger issue of online scrutiny.Examines the use of the Internet as a tool for both the spread and the debunking of rumors |
| 丛书名称 | History of Computing |
| 图书封面 |  |
| 描述 | .This text presents an historical examination of political fact-checking, highlighting how this is part of a larger phenomenon of online scrutiny that manifests itself in multiple forms. Reflecting the long history of “fake facts” in America, the book discusses important developments in this area from the emergence of the public Internet in the 1990s to the start of the Trump-Clinton presidential election campaigns..Topics and features: describes how some of the major players in political fact-checking began with the purpose of scrutinizing and debunking of urban legends; considers how this was part of a wider culture, encompassing B-grade horror movies, truth-or-fiction television shows, and groups warning about computer viruses; explains how such developments are connected, revealing political fact-checking as one of many forms of scrutiny applied in the face of a complex, dangerous world; provides a range of detailed case studies, covering such topics as the rumors surrounding the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and academic interest in contemporary legends; discusses how pre-Internet technologies such as bulletin boards, Usenet, and proprietary online service providers such as CompuSer |
| 出版日期 | Book 2019 |
| 关键词 | Cultural and Political History of the Internet; Debunking of Rumors and Urban legends; Fake Facts; Onli |
| 版次 | 1 |
| doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22952-8 |
| isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-22954-2 |
| isbn_ebook | 978-3-030-22952-8Series ISSN 2190-6831 Series E-ISSN 2190-684X |
| issn_series | 2190-6831 |
| copyright | Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 |
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