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• Names: Bennett, W. Lance, editor. | Livingston, Steven (Writer on public affairs), editor.

• Title: The disinformation age : politics, technology, and disruptive communication in the United States / edited by W. Lance Bennett, University of Washington, Steven Livingston, George Washington University.

• Description: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021. | Series: SSRC anxieties of democracy

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• Subjects: LCSH: Communication in politics – United States. | Disinformation – United States.

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