The world is swimming in misinformation. Conflicting messages bombard us every day with news on everything from politics and world events to investments and alternative health. The daily paper, nightly news, websites, and social media each compete for our attention and each often insist on a different version of the facts. Inevitably, we have questions. Who's telling the truth? How would we know? How did we get here? What can we do? Beyond Fake News answers these and other queries.

Analyzing trends in American disinformation and conspiracy, Rauch reaches back to the parallel 18th-century developments of liberal democracy and science to explain what he calls the "Constitution of Knowledge," our social system for turning disagreement into truth. By explicating the Constitution of Knowledge and probing the war on reality, Rauch posits a defined understanding of truth and free inquiry, with discussion of how and why they should be defended.

Does the idea of a world in which facts mean nothing cause anxiety? Fear? Maybe even paranoia? Disinformation: The Nature of Facts and Lies in the Post-truth Era cannot cure all the ills of a post-truth world, but by demonstrating how digital technology in everyday life has knitted together a number of seemingly loosely-related forces, it will help you better understand how we got to where we now are. Disinformation will also help you see how we can move beyond a culture in which facts are too easily dismissed, and develop a few highly practical skills for separating truth from lies.

Using examples from Darius I of ancient Persia (522–486 BCE), to blood libel of the Middle Ages, to Soviet disinformation tactics and modern election deniers, Teri Kanefield and Pat Dorian show how tyrants and would-be tyrants deploy disinformation to gain power. Democracy, which draws its authority from laws instead of the whim of a tyrant, requires truth. For a democracy to survive, its citizens must preserve and defend truth. Now that the internet has turned what was once a trickle of lies into a firehose, the challenge of holding on to truth has never been greater.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Sinan Aral uses his own research to provide a thought-provoking look at how social media influences us. This accessible title looks at how the tech of social media creates behavior-influencing consequences, from elections to dating.

Disinformation made possible by rapid advances in cheap, digital technology, and promoted by organized networks thrives in the toxic political environment that exists within the United States and around the world. In Lies that Kill, two noted experts take readers inside the world of disinformation campaigns to show concerned citizens how to recognize disinformation, understand it, and protect themselves and others.

An award-winning presidential historian offers an authoritative account of American presidents' attacks on our freedom of the press. Sweeping in scope and richly detailed, this book considers the tensions between presidents and the press from Washington to Trump.

Combining historical anecdotes and psychological research, Rob Brotherton endeavors to explain how the human mind concocts conspiracy theories and the effects of these theories on society. The author is a clear and sober writer, and he describes a host of far-fetched plots in sociological context.