The politics of truth in polarized america / edited by David C. Barker

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Suhay, Elizabeth, editor.

Series:

Oxford Academic

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political culture--Philosophy.

Political culture.

United States--Politics and government--2017-2021.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 430 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2022

Summary:

In American politics, the truth is rapidly losing relevance. The public square is teeming with misinformation, conspiracy theories, cynicism and hubris. Why has this happened? What does it mean? What can we do about it? In this volume, leading scholars offer multiple perspectives on these questions, and others, to provide the first comprehensive empirical examination of the "politics of truth"-its context, causes, and potential correctives. Combining insights from the fields of political science, political theory, communication, and psychology and offering substantial new arguments and evidence, the experts in this volume draw compelling (if sometimes competing) conclusions regarding this rising democratic threat.

Contents:

Contents: Contributors - Notes on Contributors - The Politics of Truth in Polarized America: Contexts, Concepts, Causes, and Correctives - Elizabeth Suhay, David C. Barker, andRyan DeTamble - Part IContext and Concepts - 1. Neither Dogmatism Nor Relativism: Lessons from the Politics of Truth in Western Philosophy - Alan Levine - 2. Lies, Damned Lies, and American Democracy - Robert Y. Shapiro - 3. The Social Function of News and (Mis)Information Use - Benjamin Toff - 4. The Expressive Value of Answering Survey Questions - Matthew H. GrahamandGregory A. Huber - 5. American Hubris: The Politics of Unwarranted Epistemic Certitude in the United States - David C. Barker, Morgan Marietta, andRyan DeTamble - Part IICauses - 6. The Evolutionary Psychology of Conflict and the Functions of Falsehood - Michael Bang Petersen, Mathias Osmundsen, andJohn Tooby - 7. Political Subgroups, Knowledge, and Information: Gun Issues and Gun Ownership - Donald Haider-Markel, Abigail Vegter, andPatrick Gauding - 8. Value Projection and the Marketplace of Realities - David C. BarkerandMorgan Marietta - 9. Conspiracy Theories and Political Identities - Adam M. EndersandJoseph E. Uscinski - 10. Conspiracy Stress or Relief? Learned Helplessness and Conspiratorial Thinking - Christina E. Farhart, Joanne M. Miller, andKyle L. Saunders - Part IIICorrectives - 11. Opinion Formation in Light of the Facts: How Correcting Mistaken Beliefs about Income Inequality Affects Public Support for Redistribution - Cheryl BoudreauandScott A. MacKenzie - 12. Can Facts Change Minds? The Case of Free Trade - Ethan PorterandThomas J. Wood - 13. Do Facts Change Public Attitudes toward Fiscal Policy? - John Sides - 14. Authoritarianism, Fact-Checking, and Citizens' Response to Presidential Election Information - Amanda L. Wintersieck - 15. Combatting the Anti-Muslim Rhetoric of the 2016 Presidential Campaign: An Experimental Investigation of the Impact of Corrective News - Kim FridkinandJillian Courey - 16. Citizen Deliberation as a Correction: The Role of Deliberative Mini-Publics in Addressing Political Misperceptions - Justin Reedy, Chris Anderson, andPaola Conte - 17. Intuitive Politics and Why Thinking Isn't Guaranteed to Save Us - Kevin ArceneauxandRyan J. Vander Wielen - Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-757841-1

0-19-757840-3

0-19-757839-X

OCLC:

1248599951