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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Bloggers want to earn money: mainly through ads, though many also dream of selling their blogs for millions someday.
Chapter 3: Blogs depend on iterative journalism: publish first, verify and update later.
Chapter 4: Blogs need readers, so they’ll publish any trash that just grabs attention.
Chapter 5: Blogs purposely bait us with content that triggers an emotional response.
Chapter 6: Since blogs constantly correct and update their content, we seldom see news in its most accurate form.
Chapter 7: From sparking global protests to bolstering political campaigns, blogs have proved they can shape society.
Chapter 8: In the twenty-first century, blogs have become a platform for public witch hunts.
Description
Trust Me, I’m Lying (2012) is an in-depth exposé of today’s news culture, which is primarily channeled through online media sites called blogs. By detailing his experiences with multimillion-dollar public relations campaigns, the author takes us behind the scenes of today’s most popular and influential blogs to paint an unsettling picture of why we shouldn’t believe everything that is labeled as news.
Who Should Listen
- Anyone interested in learning how blogs and other online news media work
- Anyone who wants to know why we should question what we read online
- Anyone looking to understand how blogs are affecting society