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05-12-2015, 01:21 PM
True enough : learning to live in a post-fact society / Farhad Manjoo. , c2008, John Wiley & Sons
Subjects
Mass media -- Objectivity -- United States. (http://javascript<strong></strong>:;)
Mass media -- Political aspects -- United States. (http://javascript<strong></strong>:;)
Journalism -- Objectivity -- United States. (http://javascript<strong></strong>:;)
Journalism -- Political aspects -- United States. (http://javascript<strong></strong>:;)
Conspiracies -- United States. (http://javascript<strong></strong>:;)
Truthfulness and falsehood -- United States. (http://javascript<strong></strong>:;)
Notes
Introduction: Why facts no longer matter -- "Reality" is splitting -- The new tribalism : swift boats and the power of choosing -- Trusting your senses : selective perception and 9/11 -- Questionable expertise : the stolen election and the men who push it -- The twilight of objectivity, or what's the matter with Lou Dobbs? -- "Truthiness" everywhere -- Epilogue: Living in a world without trust.
Summary
How truth has been trumped by "truthiness" - a groundbreaking look at the technology and psychology behind the fictions now flooding the news. Comedian Stephen Colbert's catchy neologism captured something essential about our age: that people are now more comfortable with ideas that feel true, even if the evidence for those beliefs is thin. In a subtle and fascinating exploration, Salon writer Farhad Manjoo explains what's powering this phenomenon. He explores how new technologies that give us control over what we see and read have caused "reality" to split across political and cultural lines, allowing opposing groups to subscribe not only to different opinions from one another, but also different facts.- from publisher's description
[B]Length v, 250 p. ; index, chapter notes, no pix
(Links are illustrative only)
V. good, an explanation of the fragmentation of the news media in the US, & how & why people can now increasingly select the reality (the news outlets, blogs, Internet) they prefer & are comfortable with. If this theory is correct, we're never going to go back to objective news - unless the public should demand such a return. Given that everyone believes that their thinking is rational - & anyone who disagrees is either biased or foolish - rationality is in for a very long slog.
Subjects
Mass media -- Objectivity -- United States. (http://javascript<strong></strong>:;)
Mass media -- Political aspects -- United States. (http://javascript<strong></strong>:;)
Journalism -- Objectivity -- United States. (http://javascript<strong></strong>:;)
Journalism -- Political aspects -- United States. (http://javascript<strong></strong>:;)
Conspiracies -- United States. (http://javascript<strong></strong>:;)
Truthfulness and falsehood -- United States. (http://javascript<strong></strong>:;)
Notes
Introduction: Why facts no longer matter -- "Reality" is splitting -- The new tribalism : swift boats and the power of choosing -- Trusting your senses : selective perception and 9/11 -- Questionable expertise : the stolen election and the men who push it -- The twilight of objectivity, or what's the matter with Lou Dobbs? -- "Truthiness" everywhere -- Epilogue: Living in a world without trust.
Summary
How truth has been trumped by "truthiness" - a groundbreaking look at the technology and psychology behind the fictions now flooding the news. Comedian Stephen Colbert's catchy neologism captured something essential about our age: that people are now more comfortable with ideas that feel true, even if the evidence for those beliefs is thin. In a subtle and fascinating exploration, Salon writer Farhad Manjoo explains what's powering this phenomenon. He explores how new technologies that give us control over what we see and read have caused "reality" to split across political and cultural lines, allowing opposing groups to subscribe not only to different opinions from one another, but also different facts.- from publisher's description
[B]Length v, 250 p. ; index, chapter notes, no pix
(Links are illustrative only)
V. good, an explanation of the fragmentation of the news media in the US, & how & why people can now increasingly select the reality (the news outlets, blogs, Internet) they prefer & are comfortable with. If this theory is correct, we're never going to go back to objective news - unless the public should demand such a return. Given that everyone believes that their thinking is rational - & anyone who disagrees is either biased or foolish - rationality is in for a very long slog.