03390nam a22005895i 4500 978-1-349-96107-8 DE-He213 20251030112319.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240619s2024 xxk| s |||| 0|eng d 9781349961078 978-1-349-96107-8 10.1057/978-1-349-96107-8 doi HM JHB bicssc SOC026000 bisacsh JHB thema Lawrence, Geoffrey. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 78912 Societal Deception [electronic resource] : Global Social Issues in Post-Truth Times / by Geoffrey Lawrence. 1st ed. 2024. London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. XXII, 461 p. 1 illus. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Who Can You Believe? Of Media, Misinformation and Trumpery -- It’s the Economy, Stupid! Neoliberal Nonsense and the Myths of the Free Market -- From Seedling to Supermarket: Farming, Fast Food and the Fabrication of Trust -- Saving the Planet with Pesticides and Plastic: Corporate Profiteering and Planetary Destruction -- The Power to Lie: Propaganda and Post-truth Politics -- Praying for Salvation: Forgeries and Fallacies of Religion -- The Ultimate Diversion: Sport as False Consciousness? -- The Future: Confronting the Culprits. This book provides a comprehensive overview of ‘societal deception’ - how and why people are deceived and led to believe fake news. Coherently blending critical political economy and sociology, the author provocatively examines how corporations, political parties, the media, think tanks and assorted 'influencers' seek to manipulate public opinion to achieve their goals. This book spans an array of contemporary topics and issues not normally tackled by a single writer – the media, genetic engineering, fast food, environmental pollution, climate change, economic inequality, political manipulations, sports, and religion. While critical in subject matter, and replete with easily accessible and reliable sources, this book is highly readable and entertaining for the general as well as academic audience interested in current global issues. Sociology. 57193 Political sociology. 57999 Economic sociology. Nutrition. 68694 Food. 68806 Mass media. 1769 Communication. 59615 Public Sociology. 78913 Political Sociology. 57999 Economic Sociology. Sociology of Food and Nutrition. 68807 Media Sociology. 69143 Media and Communication. SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9781349961061 Printed edition: 9781349961085 https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-96107-8 ZDB-2-SLS ZDB-2-SXS 60829 60829