
Reviews
In an era of declining trust and zero-cost misinformation, Information Sick offers a bracing diagnosis of how America's broken media ecosystem is making us sicker—literally. Joanne Kenen, Lymari Morales, and Joshua Sharfstein trace the collapse of local journalism and the rise of disinformation with urgency and clarity, showing how these forces endanger lives and undermine public health.
The nation will never again tune in as one to Walter Cronkite every night. But there are answers to misinformation and declining trust, and this book finds them, powerfully. It's the first to tell the story of a growing, unheralded field fighting back to try to reclaim facts and the truth.
Co-authored with a national public health leader and a leading health care journalist, Information Sick is an engaging, readable, and practical guide to the perplexing and contentious world of health information in the United States. It is a must-read for anyone who wants to make health better in the United States and for clinicians who must guide their patients through the raging debates about what works and doesn't in modern medicine and public health.
Book Details
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction: Information Sick
1. The Collapse of Local News
2. The Fracturing of National News
3. The Flood of Misinformation
4. The Innovators
5. By and For: The Rise in Community
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction: Information Sick
1. The Collapse of Local News
2. The Fracturing of National News
3. The Flood of Misinformation
4. The Innovators
5. By and For: The Rise in Community Journalism
6. The Playbook
7. Protecting Yourself—And Others