01568cam a2200325 i 4500 1364565297 TxAuBib 20240703120000.0 240523s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023054427 9780525658313 0525658319 (OCoLC)1435480532 TxAuBib rda Brill, Steven, 1950-, author. The death of truth : how social media and the internet gave snake oil salesmen and demagogues the weapons to destroy trust and polarize the world--and what we can do about it / Steven Brill. First edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2024. viii, 317 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-295) and index. "A best-selling author documents how facts-shared truths--have lost their power to hold us together as a community, as a country, globally, and how belief in "alternative facts" and conspiracy theories have destroyed trust in institutions, leaders, and legitimate experts."-- Provided by publisher. 20240703. Misinformation Social aspects United States. Truthfulness and falsehood Social aspects United States. Social media and society United States.