Knowledge Resistance in High-Choice Information Environments (Routledge Studies in Media, Communication, and Politics)

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Synopsis
This book offers a truly interdisciplinary exploration of our patterns of engagement with politics, news, and information in current high-choice information environments. Putting forth the notion that high-choice information environments may contribute to increasing misperceptions and knowledge resistance rather than greater public knowledge, 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. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.
Copyright:
2022

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Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
290 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781000599169
Related ISBNs:
9780367629281, 9781003111474, 9780367629250
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
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Copyrighted By:
selection and editorial matter, Jesper Strömbäck
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Social Studies, Language Arts, Communication, Philosophy, Politics and Government
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This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Jesper Strömbäck
Edited by:
Åsa Wikforss
Edited by:
Kathrin Glüer
Edited by:
Torun Lindholm
Edited by:
Henrik Oscarsson

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