From Urban Legends to Political Fact-Checking: Online Scrutiny in America, 1990-2015

by James W. Cortada and William Aspray

Book Overview

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.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030229548
• ISBN13: 9783030229542
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 146 Pages