{"product_id":"beyond-fake-news","title":"Beyond Fake News: Finding The Truth In A World Of Misinformation","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe world is swimming in misinformation. Conflicting messages bombard us every day with news on everything from politics and world events to investments and alternative health. The daily paper, nightly news, websites, and social media each compete for our attention and each often insist on a different version of the facts. Inevitably, we have questions:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWho is telling the truth?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow would we know?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow did we get here?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat can we do?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeyond Fake News\u003c\/p\u003eanswers these and other queries. It offers a technological and market-based explanation for how our informational environment became so polluted. It shows how purveyors of news often have incentives to mislead us, and how consumers of information often have incentives to be misled. And it chronicles how, as technology improves and the regulatory burdens drop, our information-scape becomes ever more littered with misinformation.\u003ci\u003eBeyond Fake News\u003c\/i\u003eargues that even when we really want the truth, our minds are built in such a way so as to be incapable of grasping many facts, and blind spots mar our view of the world. But we can do better, both as individuals and as a society. As individuals, we can improve the accuracy of our understanding of the world by knowing who to trust and recognizing our limitations. And as a society, we can take important steps to reduce the quantity and effects of misinformation.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"None","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46230433104082,"sku":"9780367483081","price":68.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46230433136850,"sku":"9780367483104","price":296.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Kobo eBook","offer_id":46230433169618,"sku":"30a8e227-dac7-3e5c-96cf-5ebff7425a7a","price":62.42,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/8980\/5233\/files\/1_1f9f1ccb-1cd9-47cc-a6f1-c0c763e5bcda.jpg?v=1763442502","url":"https:\/\/www.indigo.ca\/products\/beyond-fake-news","provider":"Indigo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}