Lies we live by : defeating double-talk and deception in advertising, politics, and the media / Carl...
Lies we live by : defeating double-talk and deception in advertising, politics, and the media / Carl...
Lies we live by : defeating double-talk and deception in advertising, politics, and the media / Carl Hausman.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
New York : Routledge, 2000.
Date
2000.
Call Numbers
N177.3/11
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MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
229 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Term Warfare: How to Lie with Words -- 2. Damn the Statistics: How to Lie with Numbers -- 3. Seeing Is Believing? Don't You Believe It! How to Lie with Images -- 4. I'm from the Government and I'm Here to Confuse You -- 5. I Lie, Therefore I Am: The Existentially Ambiguous Image in Politics -- 6....
How and Where to Complain: A Resource Guide for Consumers.
Publication information
Publisher
New York : Routledge, 2000.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2000.
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"Lies we Live by explains how diversion, half truths, and misleading statistics are used to manipulate vs. Carl Housman, a distinguished academic who nevertheless writes like a normal person, applies his lively and engaging wit to showing you how to decode: lying with words; lying with numbers and lying with images."--BOOK JACKET.
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Full title
Lies we live by : defeating double-talk and deception in advertising, politics, and the media / Carl Hausman.
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Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Call Numbers
N177.3/11
Record Identifier
74VvGXW8x0ab
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvGXW8x0ab
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ISBN
0415922801 (hc)
9780415922807 (hc)
DDC
177.3
MMS ID
991012623579702626
