An engaging look at how American politics and media reinforce partisan identity and threaten democracy. Why are so many of us wrong about so much? From COVID-19 to climate change to the results of elections, millions of Americans believe things that are simply not true--and act based on these misperceptions. In Wrong: How Media, Politics, and Identity Drive Our Appetite for Misinformation, expert in media and politics Dannagal Goldthwaite Young offers a comprehensive model that illustrates how political leaders and media organizations capitalize on our social and cultural identities to separate, enrage, and--ultimately--mobilize us. Through a process of identity distillation encouraged by public officials, journalists, political and social media, Americans' political identities--how we think of ourselves as members of our political team--drive our belief in and demand for misinformation. It turns out that if being wrong allows us to comprehend the world, have control over it, or