Description
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
The gravest danger in unlimited access to information is that there's always someone who accepts it without question.
In print and digital press, on both social and traditional media, a torrent of lies, propaganda, and inaccuracies gets confused with the reporting of real facts. In this Orwellian scenario, journalistic ethics, corroboration, and accuracy seem like forgotten relics. The phenomenon is powerful and is already affecting world events: thanks in good part to "fake news," Donald Trump won the U.S. presidency. And it's not an isolated event; in Mexico, fake news is an everyday event, as evidenced in the case of "Frida Sof a." In this book, journalist Esteban Illades examines dozens of cases in which confusion and falsehoods have led to catastrophic results, and explores the reasons why--in the heart of the Age of Knowledge--we continue to believe impossible facts and deny irrefutable evidence.Author: Esteban Illades
Publisher: Grijalbo
Published: 04/24/2018
Pages: 168
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.80w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9786073160889
ISBN10: 6073160887
Language: Spanish
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Media Studies
- Political Science | Political Process | Media & Internet
- Political Science | Propaganda
About the Author
Esteban Illades es editor en la revista Nexos y columnista en el periódico Milenio, donde cada viernes publica «Contexto», un espacio en el que presenta información para que el lector pueda entender mejor las noticias semanales. Su interés por las fake news lleva muchos años, pero se intensificó cuando cubrió la Convención Nacional Republicana de 2016, en la que ese partido nominó a Donald Trump como candidato a la Presidencia de Estados Unidos. Desde entonces se ha dedicado a investigar el fenómeno e intentar desmentir las falsedades que día a día circulan por internet. Su libro anterior, La noche más triste, sobre la desaparición de 43 estudiantes normalistas en Iguala, Guerrero, fue publicado por Grijalbo en 2015.