@article{1431600,
      note = {Includes index.},
      author = {Bakir, Vian, and McStay, Andrew,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1431600},
      title = {Optimising emotions, incubating falsehoods : how to  protect the global civic body from disinformation and  misinformation /},
      abstract = {This open access book deconstructs the core features of  online misinformation and disinformation. It finds that the  optimisation of emotions for commercial and political gain  is a primary cause of false information online. The  chapters distil societal harms, evaluate solutions, and  consider what must be done to strengthen societies as new  biometric forms of emotion profiling emerge. Based on a  rich, empirical, and interdisciplinary literature that  examines multiple countries, the book will be of interest  to scholars and students of Communications, Journalism,  Politics, Sociology, Science and Technology Studies, and  Information Science, as well as global and local  policymakers and ordinary citizens interested in how to  prevent the spread of false information worldwide, both now  and in the future. Vian Bakir is Professor in Journalism  and Political Communication at Bangor University, UK. Her  most recent book is Intelligence Elites & Public  Accountability: Relationships of Influence with Civil  Society (2019). Andrew McStay is Professor of Digital Life  at Bangor University, UK. His most recent book is Emotional  AI: The Rise of Empathic Media (2018).},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13551-4},
      recid = {1431600},
      pages = {1 online resource (1 volume)},
}