Over the past two decades, national political and civil discourse in the United States has been characterized by "Truth Decay," defined as a set of four interrelated trends: an increasing […]
Over the past two decades, national political and civil discourse in the United States has been characterized by "Truth Decay," defined as a set of four interrelated trends: an increasing […]
This article attempts to establish an epistemological diagnosis of the contemporary phenomenon of the development of conspiracy theories. It begins with a critique of two approaches to understanding this phenomenon. […]
The spread of fake news on social media became a public concern in the United States after the 2016 presidential election. The authors examined exposure to and sharing of fake […]
High technology presents a paradox. In just a few decades, it has transformed the world, making almost limitless quantities of information instantly available to billions of people and reshaping businesses, […]
The rapid advancement of research on trust and distrust in the news media and the plethora of methodological approaches that accompany it leads us to critically reflect the status quo […]
Resumption of a seminar on the history of rumors since the Middle Ages, put into perspective given the current situation. In a poisonously relentless media environment, firewalls are built everywhere […]
The cigarette is the deadliest artifact in the history of human civilization. It is also one of the most beguiling, thanks to more than a century of manipulation at the […]
Television has habituated us to visual entertainment measured out in spoonfuls of time. But what happens when we come to expect the same things from our politics and public discourse? […]
In this short piece, the author provides some background on critical thinking and reading in the unprecedented times of the Donald J. Trump administration where truth is gleaned only through […]
