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Author(s): David C. Barker, Elizabeth Suhay

ISBN(s): 9780197578384, 0197578381

File Details: PDF, 4.51 MB

Year: 2021

Language: English

SKU: EB-36926758 Category: Psychology Tags: David C. Barker, Elizabeth Suhay

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The Politics of Truth in Polarized America David C. Barker – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780197578384,0197578381,9780197578391, 019757839X

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ISBN 10:019757839X
ISBN 13: 9780197578391
Author: David C. Barker

In American politics, the truth is rapidly losing relevance. The public square is teeming with misinformation, conspiracy theories, cynicism, and hubris. Why has this happened? What does it mean? What can we do about it? In this volume, leading scholars offer multiple perspectives on these questions, and many more, to provide the first comprehensive empirical examination of the “politics of truth” — its context, causes, and potential correctives. With experts in social science weighing in, this volume examines different drivers such as the dynamics of politically motivated fact perceptions.Combining insights from the fields of political science, political theory, communication, and psychology and offering substantial new arguments and evidence, these chapters draw compelling — if sometimes competing — conclusions regarding this rising democratic threat.

Table contents:

Part I Context and Concepts
1. Neither Dogmatism Nor Relativism: Lessons from the Politics of Truth in Western Philosophy
2. Lies, Damned Lies, and American Democracy
3. The Social Function of News and (Mis)Information Use
4. The Expressive Value of Answering Survey Questions
5. American Hubris: The Politics of Unwarranted Epistemic Certitude in the United States
Part II Causes
6. The Evolutionary Psychology of Conflict and the Functions of Falsehood
7. Political Subgroups, Knowledge, and Information: Gun Issues and Gun Ownership
8. Value Projection and the Marketplace of Realities
9. Conspiracy Theories and Political Identities
10. Conspiracy Stress or Relief? Learned Helplessness and Conspiratorial Thinking
Part III Correctives
11. Opinion Formation in Light of the Facts: How Correcting Mistaken Beliefs about Income Inequalit
12. Can Facts Change Minds? The Case of Free Trade
13. Do Facts Change Public Attitudes toward Fiscal Policy?
14. Authoritarianism, Fact-Checking, and Citizens’ Response to Presidential Election Informatio
15. Combatting the Anti-Muslim Rhetoric of the 2016 Presidential Campaign: An Experimental Invest
16. Citizen Deliberation as a Correction: The Role of Deliberative Mini-Publics in Addressing Po
17. Intuitive Politics and Why Thinking Isn’t Guaranteed to Save Us