News and How to Use It What to Believe in a Fake News World
- 4 Nov 2021
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- 336 pp
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In a few words
An A–Z guide on how we stay informed in the era of fake news, from the former Guardian Editor-in-Chief
In a few words
An A–Z guide on how we stay informed in the era of fake news, from the former Guardian Editor-in-Chief
In a few words
An A–Z guide on how we stay informed in the era of fake news, from former Guardian Editor-in-Chief Alan Rusbridger
Given that Rusbridger is, in my opinion, one of the two great newspaper editors of the past half-century (the other is the late Harry Evans), anything he writes about the press is going to be worth reading . . . Many of the mini-essays are useful distillations of his experience in, and knowledge of, the industry
If you are interested in the mechanics of the news, especially related to the times we are living in, going through and set to go through, then this book is a must
Nihal Arthanayake, Bbc
Given that Rusbridger is, in my opinion, one of the two great newspaper editors of the past half-century (the other is the late Harry Evans), anything he writes about the press is going to be worth reading . . . Many of the mini-essays are useful distillations of his experience in, and knowledge of, the industry
If you are interested in the mechanics of the news, especially related to the times we are living in, going through and set to go through, then this book is a must
Nihal Arthanayake, Bbc
Given that Rusbridger is, in my opinion, one of the two great newspaper editors of the past half-century (the other is the late Harry Evans), anything he writes about the press is going to be worth reading . . . Many of the mini-essays are useful distillations of his experience in, and knowledge of, the industry
If you are interested in the mechanics of the news, especially related to the times we are living in, going through and set to go through, then this book is a must
Nihal Arthanayake, Bbc
More about
the book
A society that isn’t sure what’s true can’t function, but increasingly we no longer seem to know who or what to believe. We’re barraged by a torrent of lies, half-truths and propaganda: how do we even identify good journalism any more?
At a moment of existential crisis for the news industry, in our age of information chaos, News and How to Use It shows us how. From Bias to Snopes, from Clickbait to TL;DR, and from Fact-Checkers to the Lamestream Media, here is a definitive user’s guide for how to stay informed, tell truth from fiction and hold those in power accountable in the modern age.
More about
the book
A society that isn’t sure what’s true can’t function, but increasingly we no longer seem to know who or what to believe. We’re barraged by a torrent of lies, half-truths and propaganda: how do we even identify good journalism any more?
At a moment of existential crisis for the news industry, in our age of information chaos, News and How to Use It shows us how. From Bias to Snopes, from Clickbait to TL;DR, and from Fact-Checkers to the Lamestream Media, here is a definitive user’s guide for how to stay informed, tell truth from fiction and hold those in power accountable in the modern age.
More about
the book
Nothing in life works without facts.
A society that isn’t sure what’s true can’t function. Without facts there can be no government or law. Science is ignored. Trust evaporates.
People everywhere feel ever more alienated from – and mistrustful of – news and those who make it. We no longer seem to know who or what to believe. We are living through a crisis of ‘information chaos’.
News and How to Use It is a glossary for this bewildering age. From AI to Bots, from Climate Crisis to Fake News, from Clickbait to Trolls (and more), here is the definitive user’s guide for how to stay informed, tell truth from fiction and hold those in power accountable in the modern age.
[Rusbridger] was one of the stand-out editors of his generation and it shows in his book: an astute and agreeably random canter through the imperfect world of journalism in Britain and America . . . erudite
An agreeable and very worthwhile book. It invites you to think and question. It is informative and entertaining
Smart, relevant and punchy . . . a powerful light in the darkness
Captivating . . . a compelling tour d’horizon of the trade
[Rusbridger] was one of the stand-out editors of his generation and it shows in his book: an astute and agreeably random canter through the imperfect world of journalism in Britain and America . . . erudite
An agreeable and very worthwhile book. It invites you to think and question. It is informative and entertaining
Smart, relevant and punchy . . . a powerful light in the darkness
Captivating . . . a compelling tour d’horizon of the trade
[Rusbridger] was one of the stand-out editors of his generation and it shows in his book: an astute and agreeably random canter through the imperfect world of journalism in Britain and America . . . erudite
An agreeable and very worthwhile book. It invites you to think and question. It is informative and entertaining
Smart, relevant and punchy . . . a powerful light in the darkness
Captivating . . . a compelling tour d’horizon of the trade
