Knowledge Resistance in High-Choice Information Environments (Hardcover)

This book offers a timely exploration of our patterns of engagement with politics, news, and information in current high-choice information environments It analyzes the issue plaguing our society today - The spread of misinformation and its impact on the public sphere, our politics and our everyday lives The book offers insights into the processes that influence the supply of misinformation and factors influencing how and why people expose themselves to and process information that may support or contradict their beliefs and attitudes A team of authors from across a range of disciplines address the phenomena of knowledge resistance and its causes and consequences at the macro- as well as the micro-level The chapters take a philosophical look at the notion of knowledge resistance, before moving on to discuss issues such as misinformation and fake news, psychological mechanisms such as motivated reasoning in processes of selective exposure and attention, how people respond to evidence and fact-checking, the role of political partisanship, political polarization over factual beliefs, and how knowledge resistance might be counteracted This book will have a broad appeal to scholars and students interested in knowledge resistance, primarily within philosophy, psychology, media and communication, and political science, as well as journalists and policymakers

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Studies in Media, Communication, and Politics
Release date:	May 2022
First published:	2022
Editors:	Jesper Stroemback • Asa Wikforss • Kathrin Gluer • Torun Lindholm • Henrik Oscarsson
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	290
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-62925-0
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > The arts: general issues > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Social, group or collective psychology Books > Computing & IT > Internet > General Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Philosophy & theory of psychology > Behavioural theory (Behaviourism) Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Cognition & cognitive psychology > Perception Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Algebra > Groups & group theory Books > Computing & IT > Applications of computing > Image processing > Computer animation Promotions
LSN:	0-367-62925-9
Barcode:	9780367629250

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