Misinformation: What It Is and How to Identify It

By Don Nardo

Whether through social media or news reported via newspapers, television, radio, or online sources, misinformation--consisting of false facts and conspiracy theories--has become rampant in modern society. Some false information spreads accidentally; but much of it derives from purposeful lies. This book discusses how false information damages society as well as ways to recognize and counteract it.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1678205788
• ISBN13: 9781678205782
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Referencepoint Press
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.6" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 13 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 12