America's Post-Truth Phenomenon
Bloomsbury Publishing USA (Verlag)
979-8-7651-3024-7 (ISBN)
Deception in politics is nothing new, but the quantity of unsubstantiated statements in America today is unprecedented. False notions, fake news, "alternative facts," and opinions are being pitched from sources including the White House, Congress, and the American population via Twitter, Facebook, and online news sites as well as print, television, and radio. Such a widespread spectacle instantly captures the attention of people nationwide, but disagreement has the nation almost bordering on civil war over the definition of "the truth" and what this book calls "post-truth."
In this text, C.G. Prado and expert contributors present varied perspectives on post-truth, its authoritarian implications for the nation, and how we can approach information to differentiate between truth and post-truth. Speaking to general readers, students, and scholars alike, chapters include text on the historical and social events that initiated and developed post-truth and why some people are more prone than others to accept and perpetuate post-truth. They also discuss post-truth as a threat to democracy.
C.G. Prado is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Queen's University, Canada. His publications include America's Post-Truth Phenomenon and Social Media and Your Brain.
Preface
Chapter 1 Introduction: The New Subjectivism
C. G. Prado
Chapter 2 Truth Claims, Interpretation, and Addiction to Conviction
Mark Kingwell
Chapter 3 Because I Say So: Media Authenticity in the Age of Post-Truth and Fake News
Greg Kelly
Chapter 4 Post-Truth: Marcuse and New Forms of Social Control
Lisa Portmess
Chapter 5 Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Manipulation of Crowds
Sergio Sismondo
Chapter 6 The Post-Truth Temperament: What Makes Belief Stray from Evidence? And What Can Bring Them Back Together?
Juan Pablo Bermúdez
Chapter 7 Reality for the People
Khadija Coxon
Chapter 8 Truth and Trolling
Jason Hannan
Chapter 9 Truth, Post-Truth, and Subscriptions: Consensus, Truth, and Social Norms in Algorithmic Media
Alex Leitch
Chapter 10 Lords of Mendacity
Paul Fairfield
Chapter 11 Losing the Feel for Truth in Post-Truth "Democracies": When Macro Data Harvesting and Micro-Targeting Befuddle Democratic Thought
Chris Beeman
Chapter 12 Brazen New World: A Peircean Approach to Post-Truth
Mark Migotti
Chapter 13 The Fallacy of Post-Truth
Lawrie McFarlane
About the Editor and Contributors
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 04.07.2024 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 235 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-13 | 979-8-7651-3024-7 / 9798765130247 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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