About the Book: Forwarded As Received : How Misinformation Turns Viral Violent
and True
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE MUCH OF WHAT WE KNOW MAY NOT BE TRUE?
Misinformation has never felt truer than it does today. Claims that once invited
examination and debate now float freely and settle into everyday conversation as
facts. Repetition lends them authority; famil-iarity gives them legitimacy. In
this quiet transformation, falsehood does not announce itself. It embeds,
circulates, and endures.
This book examines how the seemingly harmless habit of forwarding messages has
evolved into a powerful engine of distortion. What be-gins as an everyday
digital reflex accumulates into