ENCY OF MISINFORMATION: A Compendium Of Imitations, Spoofs, Delusions, Simulations, Counterfeits, Impostors, Illusions, Con

byRex Sorgatz

September 20, 2019|
ENCY OF MISINFORMATION: A Compendium Of Imitations, Spoofs, Delusions, Simulations, Counterfeits, Impostors, Illusions, Con by Rex Sorgatz
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How have the media, government, technology, and history deceived us? Have fake and real become indistinguishable? Were we ever unburdened of disinformation, or is deception bound to the human experience? Are we being manipulated right now, or worse yet, are we deceiving ourselves? 
 
These are the provocative questions within The Encyclopedia of Misinformation, a compendium of deception and delusion throughout history. In a frolicking series of vignettes, author Rex Sorgatz saunters through propaganda and subterfuge in eclectic contexts, including science and religion, comedy and law, sports and video games.
 
Slingshotting through conspiracy theories, internet and popular culture, and perplexing psychological phenomena, this compendium illuminates deliriously diverse subjects: Artificial Intelligence, Auto-Tune, Chilean Sea Bass, Claques, Clickbait, Cognitive Dissonance, Cryptids, Dark Matter, False Flag Operations, Gaslighting, Gerrymandering, Kayfabe, Laugh Tracks, Milli Vanilli, Phantom Time Hypothesis, Photoshopping, Potemkin Villages, Rachel Dolezal, Strategery, Truthiness, and the Uncanny Valley. 
 
Encyclopedic in scope, but with an incisive voice tuned to these bedeviling times, this is the modern reference book to engage a world rife with artifice and deception.
Rex Sorgatz is a professional Orson Welles impersonator and third-generation lycanthrope who is responsible for rebranding contrails as chemtrails. No, he’s not—that is misinformation! He is actually a writer, designer, and technologist based in New York City. His reflections on the intersection of media, tec...
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Title:ENCY OF MISINFORMATION: A Compendium Of Imitations, Spoofs, Delusions, Simulations, Counterfeits, Impostors, Illusions, Con
Format:Hardcover
Product dimensions:256 pages, 9.5 X 7.5 X 1 in
Shipping dimensions:256 pages, 9.5 X 7.5 X 1 in
Published:September 20, 2019
Publisher:Harry N. Abrams
Language:English
Appropriate for ages:All ages
ISBN - 13:9781419729119

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