Constructed Truths

Author : Thomas Zoglauer
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2023-03-12
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783658399429

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Constructed Truths by Thomas Zoglauer Pdf

In a world in which more and more fake news is being spread, it is becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish truth from lies, knowledge from opinion. Disinformation campaigns are not only perceived as a political problem, but the fake news debate is also about fundamental philosophical questions: What is truth? How can we recognize it? Is there such a thing as objective facts or is everything socially constructed? This book explains how echo chambers and alternative worldviews emerge, it blames post-factual thinking for the current truth crisis, and it shows how we can escape the threat of truth relativism.

Author : John Gaffey
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000387094

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The Construction of Truth in Contemporary Media Narratives about Risk by John Gaffey Pdf

The Construction of Truth in Contemporary Media Narratives about Risk provides a theoretical framework for how, in a post-truth era, media audiences are able to understand and navigate everyday risk. The book examines media risk narratives and explores forms of truth, experiential knowledge, and authority. Using the concept of parrhesia to show how we invest trust in various types of knowledge in a changing media environment, the book demonstrates how we choose between expert and non-expert information when navigating a seemingly risky world. It considers how news media formats have previously engaged audiences through risk narratives and examines how experiential knowledge has come to hold a valuable place for individuals navigating what we are often told is an increasingly risky and uncertain world. The book also examines the increasingly precarious position of expert knowledge and examines how contemporary truth-games play out between experts and non-experts, and considers how this extends into the world of online and social media. This book will be of interest to those researching or teaching in the areas of criminology, sociology, media and cultural studies, and of interest to readers in professional areas such as journalism and politics.

Author : Shashidhar Nanjundaiah
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2024-07-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781040091456

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News Aesthetics and Myth by Shashidhar Nanjundaiah Pdf

This book considers the presence of media illiteracy in a world in which we are supposedly consumed by media, live a media life, in a media ecosystem, surrounded by mediated communication. Unpacking this paradoxical situation, the author proposes that before venturing into media literacy, we must first understand the workings of how mystification occurs. Departing from the idea that aesthetics work on an agreed set of principles between art and society, the author applies this ideology of aesthetics to news-based narration. Using empirical cases from India, the author proposes demystification as a possible methodology to approach media illiteracy and recommends completely transformed media literacy programs that deliver to communities, drawing from the construct of critical pedagogy. The book offers the possibilities for a collectivistic, non-Western, postcolonialist model of learning by using the very collective and hierarchical identities of societies that must be critiqued. This vital and innovative book will be an important resource for scholars and students in the areas of media literacy and critical media literacy, media education, journalism, mass communication, aesthetics and media technology.

Author : Larissa Hjorth,Heather Horst,Anne Galloway,Genevieve Bell
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317377788

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The Routledge Companion to Digital Ethnography by Larissa Hjorth,Heather Horst,Anne Galloway,Genevieve Bell Pdf

With the increase of digital and networked media in everyday life, researchers have increasingly turned their gaze to the symbolic and cultural elements of technologies. From studying online game communities, locative and social media to YouTube and mobile media, ethnographic approaches to digital and networked media have helped to elucidate the dynamic cultural and social dimensions of media practice. The Routledge Companion to Digital Ethnography provides an authoritative, up-to-date, intellectually broad, and conceptually cutting-edge guide to this emergent and diverse area. Features include: a comprehensive history of computers and digitization in anthropology; exploration of various ethnographic methods in the context of digital tools and network relations; consideration of social networking and communication technologies on a local and global scale; in-depth analyses of different interfaces in ethnography, from mobile technologies to digital archives.

Author : F. R. Waring
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1871
Category : Psychology
ISBN : BL:A0025152103

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Truths versus Shadows, or the Real and the False by F. R. Waring Pdf

Author : Noah Porter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 732 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : PSU:000001508581

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The Human Intellect by Noah Porter Pdf

Author : Thomas Zoglauer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3658399430

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Constructed Truths by Thomas Zoglauer Pdf

In a world where more and more fake news is being spread, it is becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish truth from lies and knowledge from opinion. Disinformation campaigns are not only perceived as a political problem, but the fake news debate is also about fundamental philosophical questions: What is truth? How can we recognize it? Is there such a thing as objective facts or is everything socially constructed? This book explains how echo chambers and alternative worldviews emerge, blames post-factual thinking for the current truth crisis, and shows how we can escape the threat of truth relativism. The contents: - Fake news - Post-truth epistemology - Theories of truth - Information and knowledge The target groups: - Philosophers - Media scientists - Political scientists - Social scientists. The author: Thomas Zoglauer (Dr. phil. habil.) teaches philosophy at the Brandenburg University of Technology at Cottbus-Senftenberg and at the Graduate Academy of the University of Stuttgart and is the author of numerous books on the philosophy of technology and applied ethics. This book is a translation of an original German edition. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation.

Author : Raqib Chowdhury,Phan Le Ha
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781783091485

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Desiring TESOL and International Education by Raqib Chowdhury,Phan Le Ha Pdf

This book addresses how Western universities have constructed themselves as global providers of education, and are driven to be globally competitive. It examines how the term ‘international’ has been exploited by the market in the form of government educational policies and agencies, host institutions, academia and the mass media. The book explores matters relating to the role of the English language in international education in general and the field of TESOL in particular. It demonstrates how English and TESOL have exercised their symbolic power, coupled with the desire for international education, to create convenient identities for international TESOL students. It also discusses the complexity surrounding and informing these students’ painful yet sophisticated appropriation of and resistance to the convenient labels they are subjected to.

Author : Jesse Owen Hearns-Branaman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-02-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317500001

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Journalism and the Philosophy of Truth by Jesse Owen Hearns-Branaman Pdf

This book bridges a gap between discussions about truth, human understanding, and epistemology in philosophical circles, and debates about objectivity, bias, and truth in journalism. It examines four major philosophical theories in easy to understand terms while maintaining a critical insight which is fundamental to the contemporary study of journalism. The book aims to move forward the discussion of truth in the news media by dissecting commonly used concepts such as bias, objectivity, balance, fairness, in a philosophically-grounded way, drawing on in depth interviews with journalists to explore how journalists talk about truth.

Author : Thomas Bonk
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789401701518

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Language, Truth and Knowledge by Thomas Bonk Pdf

This collection will prove a valuable resource for our understanding of the historic Carnap and the living philosophical issues with which he grappled. It arose out of a symposium on Carnap's work (Vienna, 2001). With essays by Graham H. Bird, Jaakko Hintikka, Ilkka Niiniluoto, Jan Wolenski, this volume will interest graduate students of the philosophy of language and logic, as well as professional philosophers, historians of analytic philosophy, and philosophically inclined logicians.

Author : Emine Öncüler Yayalar,Melike Şahinol
Publisher : Vernon Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2024-02-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781648898396

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Science, technology and society for a post-truth age: Comparative dialogues on reflexivity by Emine Öncüler Yayalar,Melike Şahinol Pdf

In an era shaped by misinformation, conspiracy theories, and anti-science movements, Science and Technology Studies / Science, Technology and Society (STS) provides a lighthouse of insight and interdisciplinary research. This volume, 'Science, technology and society for a post-truth age: Comparative dialogues on reflexivity,' embarks on a transformative journey through the interdependencies of science, technology, and society, offering vital perspectives and new insights on these challenging topics. This book, written by scholars in the field, reshapes post-truth discourse through STS and positions STS as a central force in addressing the post-truth crisis. It presents a compelling contribution that anchors STS at the heart of contemporary debates about truth and knowledge. 'Science, technology and society for a post-truth age: Comparative dialogues on reflexivity' is a contemporary and thought-provoking exploration of the evolving relationship between knowledge, truth, and society. It makes the case that STS is a catalyst for reshaping our understanding of truth in an age characterised by scepticism and uncertainty.

Author : Emanuel Swedenborg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1873
Category : Bible
ISBN : MSU:31293010853046

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Arcana Coelestia by Emanuel Swedenborg Pdf

Author : Janis S. Bohan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1996-09-24
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781135235956

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Psychology and Sexual Orientation by Janis S. Bohan Pdf

Psychology and Sexual Orientation strives to "come to terms" with lesbian, gay and bisexual life and with the controversial scientific and sociocultural theories and arguments on the origin and meaning of homosexuality and queer life in the US. Janis M. Bohan disrupts conventional psychological perspectives on queer life and identity and animates the ongoing debate between essentialism and constructionism. Bohan discusses the meaning of sexual orientation; lesbian, gay and bisexual identity development and stigma management; diversity in experiences; partners and parenting; and lesbian, gay and bisexual communities.

Author : Peter L. Berger,Thomas Luckmann
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011-04-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781453215463

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The Social Construction of Reality by Peter L. Berger,Thomas Luckmann Pdf

A watershed event in the field of sociology, this text introduced “a major breakthrough in the sociology of knowledge and sociological theory generally” (George Simpson, American Sociological Review). In this seminal book, Peter L. Berger and Thomas Luckmann examine how knowledge forms and how it is preserved and altered within a society. Unlike earlier theorists and philosophers, Berger and Luckmann go beyond intellectual history and focus on commonsense, everyday knowledge—the proverbs, morals, values, and beliefs shared among ordinary people. When first published in 1966, this systematic, theoretical treatise introduced the term social construction,effectively creating a new thought and transforming Western philosophy.

Author : Ian Hacking
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2000-11-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780674254275

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The Social Construction of What? by Ian Hacking Pdf

Lost in the raging debate over the validity of social construction is the question of what, precisely, is being constructed. Facts, gender, quarks, reality? Is it a person? An object? An idea? A theory? Each entails a different notion of social construction, Ian Hacking reminds us. His book explores an array of examples to reveal the deep issues underlying contentious accounts of reality. Especially troublesome in this dispute is the status of the natural sciences, and this is where Hacking finds some of his most telling cases, from the conflict between biological and social approaches to mental illness to vying accounts of current research in sedimentary geology. He looks at the issue of child abuse—very much a reality, though the idea of child abuse is a social product. He also cautiously examines the ways in which advanced research on new weapons influences not the content but the form of science. In conclusion, Hacking comments on the “culture wars” in anthropology, in particular a spat between leading ethnographers over Hawaii and Captain Cook. Written with generosity and gentle wit by one of our most distinguished philosophers of science, this wise book brings a much needed measure of clarity to current arguments about the nature of knowledge.