Societal Deception

Global Social Issues in Post-Truth Times
2024
ISBN: 978-1-349-96106-1
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 461 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 620 g

This book provides a comprehensive overview of ‘societal deception’ - how and why people are deceived and led to believe fake news. Coherently blending critical political economy and sociology, the author provocatively examines how corporations, political parties, the media, think tanks and assorted 'influencers' seek to manipulate public opinion to achieve their goals. This book spans an array of contemporary topics and issues not normally tackled by a single writer – the media, genetic engineering, fast food, environmental pollution, climate change, economic inequality, political manipulations, sports, and religion. While critical in subject matter, and replete with easily accessible and reliable sources, this book is highly readable and entertaining for the general as well as academic audience interested in current global issues.

Zielgruppe

Popular/general

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lawrence, Geoffrey

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wirtschaftssoziologie, Arbeitssoziologie, Organisationssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Politische Soziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Who Can You Believe? Of Media, Misinformation and Trumpery.- It’s the Economy, Stupid! Neoliberal Nonsense and the Myths of the Free Market.- From Seedling to Supermarket: Farming, Fast Food and the Fabrication of Trust.- Saving the Planet with Pesticides and Plastic: Corporate Profiteering and Planetary Destruction.- The Power to Lie: Propaganda and Post-truth Politics.- Praying for Salvation: Forgeries and Fallacies of Religion.- The Ultimate Diversion: Sport as False Consciousness?.- The Future: Confronting the Culprits.

Über Autor(innen)

Geoffrey Lawrence is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Queensland, Australia, and Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. A recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from the Australasian Agri-food Research Network (AFRN), he has an extensive publication record on a range of topics including rural social change, agri-food industries, community resilience, food security, sport and leisure, neoliberal globalization, and financialization.