Explores journalistic and fact-checking standards, Constitutional protections, and real-world case studies, helping readers identify the mechanics, perpetrators, motives, and psychology of fake news. A final chapter explores methods for assessing and avoiding the spread of fake news.

Fake news: it's real and it matters -- How real news works -- The many faces of fake news -- Real fakes -- Who believes fake news, and why? -- How harmful is fake news? -- Fake news and free speech -- How to tell fake news from real news -- You can help fight fake news.