False Alarm: How Climate Change Panic Costs Us Trillions, Hurts the Poor, and Fails to Fix the Planet
The book contends with the commonly held belief that climate change is an impending catastrophe, argues for a reassessment of expensive and ineffective measures, and proposes a more practical strategy for tackling…
Anti-reflexivity
This paper focuses on subtle tactics to undermine climate science and policy through non-decision-making. It suggests increased attention to anti-reflexive forces in shaping societal direction and resilience, particularly in addressing climate change.
Do partisanship and politicization undermine the impact of a scientific consensus message about climate change?
This study examines how partisan group identity and the politicization of science hinder the effectiveness of scientific consensus messages on climate change. It uncovers the role of partisan identity in shaping beliefs…
The Roots of Fake News: Objecting to Objective Journalism
The book argues that the current crisis of fake news stems from the inherent flaws and vulnerabilities within the ideological foundations of journalism—professionalism, neutrality, and objectivity—rather than from the power of the…
Postdigital dialogues on critical pedagogy, liberation theology and information technology
The book features dialogues between Peter McLaren and Petar Jandric and explores the intersections of critical pedagogy, liberation theology, and the postdigital condition to develop a new revolutionary consciousness for humanity.
Fake news, propaganda, and plain old lies: how to find trustworthy information in the digital age .
A concise guide on identifying deceptive information amidst the array of media sources provides tools to distinguish reliable sources, interpret statistics accurately, and recognize logical fallacies to make informed decisions in various…
Network propaganda: Manipulation, disinformation, and radicalization in American politics.
This book investigates the polarized political media landscape in the United States, tracing the roots of the current epistemic crisis in political communication to structural weaknesses during the 2016 U.S. presidential election…
Fake News Nation: The Long History of Lies and Misinterpretations in America .
The pervasive presence of falsehoods and misinformation in American public life is investigated. Particularly in politics, public discourse, and business activities, tracing this tradition of “fake facts” throughout American history and examining…
Navigating Fake News, Alternative Facts, and Misinformation in a Post-truth World .
The book is a compendium of pioneering research on human and machine-driven methods to prevent the proliferation of misinformation on the internet, including legal or policy adjustments, educational workshops, and algorithms that…
Science on the ropes: decline of scientific culture in the era of fake news. Springer.
The book explores the decline of scientific culture in Western societies, contrasting it with the rise in Asian countries, while critically examining the influence of mass media on science production and updating…
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