Research Guides: Fake News: Separating Fact From Fiction: Books on the news

Search for books in the library catalog

Search books by subject terms

When using the library catalog or the library's eBook databases to find books, try some of these subject terms:

"internet in political campaigns"
journalism AND objectivity
"mass media" AND influence
"press and politics"
"television and politics"
"television broadcasting of news"

Selected books

The Propagation of Misinformation in Social Media
Amsterdam University Press eBook, 2023
Power, Media and the Covid-19 Pandemic: Framing Public Discourse
Taylor & Francis eBook, 2021.
The Presidents vs. the Press: The Endless Battle between the White House and the Media--from the Founding Fathers to Fake News
Call Number: JK554 .H65 2020

PRC Circulating Collection
The Roots of Fake News: Objecting to Objective Journalism
Taylor & Francis eBook, 2020.

eBook databases to try

Ebook Central [ProQuest]
Ebook Central provides access to a wide variety of multi-disciplinary ebooks with unlimited, multi-user access, powerful research tools, and DRM-free chapter downloads (Full text)
eBook Collection [EBSCO]
Provides access to full-text online books in a wide variety of subject areas. (Full text)
Taylor & Francis eBooks
eBook collection covers a wide variety of disciplines including science, technology, engineering, medical, humanities and social science.

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