Format:
ix, 266 Seiten
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Diagramme
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22 cm
ISBN:
9780300234015
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9780300251852
Content:
The social dynamics of “alternative facts”: why what you believe depends on who you know. Why should we care about having true beliefs? And why do demonstrably false beliefs persist and spread despite bad, even fatal, consequences for the people who hold them? Philosophers of science Cailin O’Connor and James Weatherall argue that social factors, rather than individual psychology, are what’s essential to understanding the spread and persistence of false beliefs. It might seem that there’s an obvious reason that true beliefs matter: false beliefs will hurt you. But if that’s right, then why is it (apparently) irrelevant to many people whether they believe true things or not? The Misinformation Age, written for a political era riven by “fake news,” “alternative facts,” and disputes over the validity of everything from climate change to the size of inauguration crowds, shows convincingly that what you believe depends on who you know. If social forces explain the persistence of false belief, we must understand how those forces work in order to fight misinformation effectively.
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 215-250
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe O'Connor, Cailin The misinformation age New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, 2019 ISBN 9780300241006
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
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Ethnology
Keywords:
Falschmeldung
;
Fehlinformation
;
Massenmedien
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Neue Medien
;
Informationsgesellschaft
;
Desinformation
;
Fehlinformation
;
Verbreitung
;
Informationsgesellschaft
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