Book Review Digital Fever: Taming the Big Business of Disinformation, by Bernhard Poerksen

The book titled Digital Fever: Taming the Big Business of Disinformation, written by Bernard Poerksen offers a critical analysis of the many crises public discourse faces in the digital age. In addressing the shifting media landscape heavily influenced by the advent of social media, the book reflec...

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Main Author: Florența Toader
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National University of Political Studies and Public Administration (SNSPA), College of Communication and Public Relations, Bucharest 2025-02-01
Series:Romanian Journal of Communications and Public Relations
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Online Access:https://journalofcommunication.ro/index.php/journalofcommunication/article/view/596
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Book Review Digital Fever: Taming the Big Business of Disinformation, by Bernhard Poerksen
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Digital Fever: Taming the Big Business of Disinformation
Bernard Poerksen
title Book Review Digital Fever: Taming the Big Business of Disinformation, by Bernhard Poerksen
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title_short Book Review Digital Fever: Taming the Big Business of Disinformation, by Bernhard Poerksen
title_sort book review digital fever taming the big business of disinformation by bernhard poerksen
topic Digital Fever: Taming the Big Business of Disinformation
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