EAN: 9783030229542

HISTORY OF COMPUTING FROM URBAN LEGENDS TO PO...

This text presents an historical examination of political fact-checking  highlighting how this
is part of a larger phenomenon of online scrutiny that manifests itself in multiple forms.
Reflecting the long history of fake facts in America  the book discusses important developments
in this area from the emergence of the public Internet in the 1990s to the start of the
Trump-Clinton presidential election campaigns. Topics and features: describes how some of the
major players in political fact-checking began with the purpose of scrutinizing and debunking
of urban legends  considers how this was part of a wider culture  encompassing B-grade horror
movies  truth-or-fiction television shows  and groups warning about computer viruses  explains
how such developments are connected  revealing political fact-checking as one of many forms of
scrutiny applied in the face of a complex  dangerous world  provides a range of detailed case
studies  covering such topics as the rumors surrounding the 9 11 terrorist attacks  and
academic interest in contemporary legends  discusses how pre-Internet technologies such as
bulletin boards  Usenet  and proprietary online service providers such as CompuServe and AOL
were used to both disseminate and debunk urban legends  examines the rise of political
fact-checking  reviewing all of the major initiatives in this area undertaken in the United
States. This timely study touches on issues of popular culture and major events  and offers
profiles of colorful individuals and organizations  and as such will appeal to a broad audience
interested in the history of fact-checking and efforts to protect the political process from
falsehoods.

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