Don't forward that text : separating myths from history on social media/ Amit Schandillia with a foreword Devdutt Pattanaik

By:

Schandillia, Amit

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Gurugram, Haryana : HarperCollins Publishers India, 2022.Description: xix, 303 pages : 23 cmISBN:

9789356290808

Subject(s):

Social media -- History

DDC classification:

302.23 SCH

Summary: With access to vast amounts of knowledge just a click away, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish verifiable information from fake news and made-up history. The sheer volume of untrustworthy information out there often overwhelms even the most earnest seekers among us. The line between history and myth is being deliberately-often maliciously-blurred. Old superstitions are making a comeback and new ones are being manufactured on an industrial scale-a dangerous trend that has far-reaching ramifications. Don’t Forward That Text! attempts to stanch this phenomenon. Amit Schandillia has chosen some of the most common pieces of historical misinformation and debunked them with logic, reason and irrefutable research. Prepare to be surprised and inspired-and find out who really invented the zero.

List(s) this item appears in: New Arrivals - May 1st to 31st 2024

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Institute of Public Enterprise, Library S Campus	302.23 SCH (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		47932

With access to vast amounts of knowledge just a click away, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish verifiable information from fake news and made-up history. The sheer volume of untrustworthy information out there often overwhelms even the most earnest seekers among us. The line between history and myth is being deliberately-often maliciously-blurred. Old superstitions are making a comeback and new ones are being manufactured on an industrial scale-a dangerous trend that has far-reaching ramifications.

Don’t Forward That Text! attempts to stanch this phenomenon. Amit Schandillia has chosen some of the most common pieces of historical misinformation and debunked them with logic, reason and irrefutable research. Prepare to be surprised and inspired-and find out who really invented the zero.

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