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A well-honed challenge to the conventional wisdom on the war against Covid-19.\" - \u003cstrong\u003eBetty Thompson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Should be on the reading lists of sociology and political science students, as well as the general-interest, thinking reader. Supporters of the lockdowns will be forced to question their position if they read this book with an open mind, and opponents will be armed with the data and evidence to justify their position. McTavish pulls no punches in damning the influencers who made these decisions in the name of public interest or promoted the lockdowns while omitting facts that could have altered the lockdown approach to Covid: We should ask, and our leaders and experts should have asked also and told us, how many COVID deaths would be prevented by the lockdowns, and now that we are a year into this, how many COVID deaths the lockdowns have prevented.\" - \u003cstrong\u003eJames Goldfarb\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"There are sane, compassionate, and effective ways to deal with a pandemic, but the US reaction to the coronavirus epidemic of 2020 was none of these things. 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Ultimately, it's up to each of us to slow down and be savvier in our interactions with information and each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe authors address the following topics, among others:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow media literacy can overcome divisive biases\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCan we prevent AI from accelerating information disorder?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow information disorder threatens democracy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe history of information disorder and new media technologies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe challenge of declining local news\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCan laws mitigate the divisive impacts of digital Information?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStrategies for cultivating healthy information ecosystems;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow media literacy can be integrated with civic engagement.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Upriver Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":67803063845181,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0477\/8731\/1254\/files\/9798991284707ita.jpg?v=1792990996"}],"url":"https:\/\/itascabooks.com\/collections\/1122politics.oembed?page=5","provider":"Itasca Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}