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The Palgrave Handbook of Media Misinformation

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Editors:
  1. Karen Fowler-Watt

    1. Centre for Excellence in Media Practice, Bournemouth University, Poole, UK

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  2. Julian McDougall

    1. Centre for Excellence in Media Practice, Bournemouth University, Poole, UK

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  • A comprehensive, interdisciplinary and intersectional volume on Misinformation
  • Accessibly written with an innovative case study-led approach
  • Draws from a rich wealth of global case studies, including China, India, Mexico and the MENA region

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xliv
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  2. Part I

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-3
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    2. Civic Distance: Digital Culture’s Intrusion on Trust, Engagement, and Belonging

      • Paul Mihailidis
      Pages 5-14

    3. The Civic Media Observatory: Decoding Information Networks with Narrative Analysis

      • Ivan Sigal
      Pages 15-29

    4. Upholding Digital Rights and Media Plurality: Does Self-regulation by Social Media Platforms Contravene Freedom of Expression?

      • Ursula Smartt
      Pages 31-44

    5. Fake News Deconstructed Teens and Civic Engagement: Can Tomorrow’s Voters Spontaneously Become News Literate?

      • Katerina Chryssanthopoulou
      Pages 45-62

    6. Peace, Public Opinion and Disinformation in Colombia: Social Media and Its Role in the 2016 Plebiscite

      • Jesús Arroyave, Martha Romero-Moreno
      Pages 63-77

    7. Radical Interventions: Archaeology, Forensics and Montage

      • Pablo Martínez-Zárate
      Pages 79-97

  5. Part IV

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 229-231
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About this book

 ​The Palgrave Handbook of Media Misinformation provides a comprehensive and cutting-edge resource on the critical debates surrounding fake news and misinformation online. Spanning all continents and linking academic, journalistic, and educational communities, this collection offers authoritative coverage of conspiracy theories, the post-Trump and Brexit landscape, and the role of big tech in threats to democracy and free speech. The collection moves through a diagnosis of misinformation and its impacts on democracy and civic societies, the 'mainstreaming' of conspiracy theory, the impacts of misinformation on health and science, and the increasing significance of data visualization. Following these diagnoses, the handbook moves to responses from two communities of practice – the world of journalism and the field of media literacy. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Centre for Excellence in Media Practice, Bournemouth University, Poole, UK

    Karen Fowler-Watt, Julian McDougall

About the editors

Karen Fowler-Watt is Associate Professor of Journalism and Global Narratives, research theme lead for journalism education in the Centre for Excellence in Media Practice and a Senior Fellow of Advance HE at Bournemouth University. As a former journalist for BBC News and Current Affairs, she worked in the Middle East and the United States. She is a Fellow of the Salzburg Academy on Media and Global Change and currently working on a journalism pedagogy project with Global Voices. Her research and publications focus on reporting marginalised voices, immersive storytelling and re-imagining journalism education.


Julian McDougall is Professor in Media and Education, Head of the Centre for Excellence in Media Practice and Principal Fellow of Advance HE at Bournemouth University. He is the author of over 100 books, articles, chapters and research reports, and is co-editor of the Routledge Research in Media Literacy and Education book series.Previous publications include 'The Routledge International Handbook of Media Literacy Education' and 'Fake news vs media studies: Travels in a false binary'.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Palgrave Handbook of Media Misinformation

  • Editors: Karen Fowler-Watt, Julian McDougall

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11976-7

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-11975-0Published: 13 December 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-11978-1Published: 13 December 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-11976-7Published: 12 December 2022

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XLIV, 386

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 25 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Media and Communication, Social Media, Journalism, Political Communication

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