Wrong: How Media, Politics, and Identity Drive Our Appetite for Misinformation Young Dannagal Goldthwaite
Wrong: How Media, Politics, and Identity Drive Our Appetite for Misinformation Young Dannagal Goldthwaite An engaging look at how American politics and media reinforce partisan identity and threaten…
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Wrong: How Media, Politics, and Identity Drive Our Appetite for Misinformation Young Dannagal Goldthwaite
An engaging look at how American politics and media reinforce partisan identity and threaten democracy.Why are so many of us wrong about so much? In Wrong: How Media, Politics, and Identity Drive Our Appetite for Misinformation, expert in media and politics Dannagal Goldthwaite Young offers a comprehensive model that illustrates how political leaders and media organizations capitalize on our social and cultural identities to separate, enrage, and--ultimately--mobilize us. From COVID-19 to climate change to the results of elections, millions of Americans believe things that are simply not true--and act based on these misperceptions.
Through a process of identity distillation encouraged by public officials, journalists, political and social media, Americans' political identities--how we think of ourselves as members of our political team--drive our belief in and