[Air-L] Fake News

[Jonathan Marshall]

On the 'fake news' issue I'd like to suggest a book I am co-author of, is relevant

Disorder and the Disinformation Society: The Social Dynamics of Information, Networks and Software 

It basically argues that dis and mis information is absolutely and inevitably normal in information society and is generated by patterns of communication, sense making, power and commerce. 

Disorder of information is produced by the social factors which organize information.

The first half of the book expounds the theory, and the second half is largely studies of particular aspects of information such as software, finance, intellectual copyright, academia and activism.

The book is absurdly expensive which is a function of the factors it describes, but you can get a good read of the opening section on Amazon.

You can also find some blog entries based on some of the approach of the book at

Trump and the Magic of Information
https://cmandchaos.wordpress.com/2016/11/12/trump-and-the-magic-of-information/

Information mess again
https://cmandchaos.wordpress.com/2016/12/11/information-mess-again/

jon


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