Searching for Trust - Blockchain Technology in an Age of Disinformation (Hardcover, New Ed)

Searching for Trust explores the intersection of trust, disinformation, and blockchain technology in an age of heightened institutional and epistemic mistrust. It adopts a unique archival theoretic lens to delve into how computational information processing has gradually supplanted traditional record keeping, putting at risk a centuries-old tradition of the 'moral defense of the record' and replacing it with a dominant ethos of information-processing efficiency. The author argues that focusing on information-processing efficiency over the defense of records against manipulation and corruption (the ancient task of the recordkeeper) has contributed to a diminution of the trustworthiness of information and a rise of disinformation, with attendant destabilization of the epistemic trust fabric of societies. Readers are asked to consider the potential and limitations of blockchains as the technological embodiment of the moral defense of the record and as means to restoring societal trust in an age of disinformation.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2022
Authors:	Victoria L. Lemieux
Dimensions:	235 x 158 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	270
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-83487-2
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Library & information sciences > General Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Law & society Books > Computing & IT > Computer communications & networking > Network security Books > Computing & IT > Social & legal aspects of computing > Impact of computing & IT on society Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Information theory > General Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Media, information & communication industries > General
LSN:	1-108-83487-6
Barcode:	9781108834872

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