When the Diss became the Business Model .

The Anatomy of Fake News .

We speak with Dr. Nolan Higdon about his book, The Anatomy of Fake News: A Critical News Literacy Education, and how the Internet and social media have turbo-charged spin-doctoring and propaganda production to new depths of societal discord.

Professional Higdon
Bridging the Bones
When the Diss became the Business Model
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Timestamps
  • 1:08 – What is Mainstream?
  • 2:50 – Industrial-grade fakes
  • 4:48 – Effect of the Cold War
  • 8:30 – Enter cable T.V.
  • 12:12 – Lessons from the gambling industry
  • 18:12 – Hijacked psychology
  • 21:12 – Fractured public
  • 24:52 – Higdon’s inspiration
  • 29:42 – Censorship?
  • 32:46 – Critical media citizenship
  • 35:10 – Pitfalls for democracy