Rumor in Multiples
Media Revolutions Before Social Networks
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Beschreibung
Every media revolution enlarges the public square and creates fresh corners where rumor can hide.
False reports did not begin with digital platforms. Printers, editors, preachers, political agents, and readers long shaped information through selection, repetition, sensational claims, and strategic silence. Moving from the age of Gutenberg through expanding print markets, this account examines how credibility was built and broken before electronic media. It considers literacy, distribution, commercial incentives, partisan publishing, and the uneven reach of censorship. By placing modern anxieties within a longer history, the book offers a sharper understanding of why communication revolutions create both wider access to knowledge and new opportunities for deception.
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Olivia Bennett
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history of misinformation print media revolution early newspapers and rumor partisan publishing history literacy and public opinion information credibility history