The (dis)information age
Subtitle: the persistence of ignorance
By: Shaheed Nick Mohammed
Series: Digital formations -- v. 79
Publisher: Peter Lang; Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9781433115028; 9781453905340
Subjects: Social aspects; Ignorance (Theory of knowledge); Information society; Disinformation; Communication; Propaganda; Information technology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Ignorance in context; title: The information age in perspective; title: Information age paradoxes; title: Media and ignorance; title: Disinformation, propaganda and video games; title: Ignorance is good business; title: Information age journalism and ignorance; title: Social media, disinformation and ignorance; title: Reasons for hope; title: Epilogue: the end of the world.