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Book recommendation: The Encyclopedia of Misinformation

11/08/2023

Sadie Davenport

Psychology, Current events, _Research help

Title: The Encyclopedia of Misinformation: A Compendium of Imitations, Spoofs, Delusions, Simulations, Counterfeits, Impostors, Illusions, Confabulations, Skullduggery, ... Conspiracies & Miscellaneous Fakery.

Author: Rex Sorgatz.

Publication info: Abrams Books, 2018.

Description: “This compendium of misinformation, deception, and self-delusion throughout history examines fakery in the context of science and advertising, humor and law, sports and video games, and beyond. Entries span eclectic topics: Artificial Intelligence, Auto-Tune, Chilean Sea Bass, Clickbait, Cognitive Dissonance, Cryptids, False Flag Operations, Gaslighting, Gerrymandering, Kayfabe, Laugh Tracks, Milli Vanilli, P.T. Barnum, Photoshopping, Potemkin Villages, Ponzi Schemes, Rachel Dolezal, Strategery, Truthiness, and the Uncanny Valley. From A to Z, this is the definitive guide to how we are tricked, and how we trick ourselves. 'Occasional salty language and pop-culture references make this compendium of 300 short entries a delightful mix of high- and lowbrow.' —Booklist."

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Tools for finding research articles

05/24/2023

Sadie Davenport

Pharmacy, Medicine, Health sciences, Psychology, Healthcare administration, Nursing, Dentistry, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Social science, Education, Environmental science, Statistics, Economics, Computer science, Mathematics, Philosophy, Ecology, Current events, History, Technology, Pharmaceutical sciences, Politics & law, Literature, Cultural and ethnic studies, Engineering, Geography, _CNU general library, _Research help, Genetics, English

Article-linking websites online can help you find relevant articles from one article's DOI. Scroll through these slides to learn more about LitMaps, Citation Gecko, and Connected Papers.

Academic research is an ongoing conversation between authors. by Sadie Davenport

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