Fake News and Alternative Facts
Three Antidotes from History
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4299967 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yve-Alain Bois (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 160 |
| Pages | 127-130 |
| Publication date | 2017-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | October (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0162-2870 • E-ISSN: 1536-013X |
| Publisher | MIT Press - Journals (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1162/octo_a_00295 |
| OpenAlex | W2623915183 |
| Language | EN |
Yve-Alain Bois introduces three historical texts-Heinrich von Kleist's "Primer of French Journalism" (1821), Bertolt Brecht's "On Restoring the Truth" (1934), and Alexandre Koyré's "The Political Function of the Modern Lie" (1943)-that address the age-old but still urgent question of how to address blatant political lies
Art · Function (biology · Journalism · Literature · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Sociology · History · Law · Misinformation and Its Impacts
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |