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Organized Skepticism in the Age of Misinformation
by: Brett Bourbon (Author), Renita Murimi (Author)
Edition: 1st
Publication Date: 2025-03-12
Language: English
Print Length: 244 pages
ISBN-10: 103249347X
ISBN-13: 9781032493473
Book Description
Drawing from philosophy, information theory, and network science, Organized Skepticism in the Age of Misinformation:Surviving the Kingdom of Gossip offers a novel conceptual framework that views information as a form of gossip.This book challenges the idea that truthfulness is a necessary, or even a relevant condition, of information. Instead, this book develops a conceptual framework in which information is understood as gossip, which fits within a more general account of information and knowledge as constrained but contingent social practices. Using this framework, this book provides a nuanced understanding of the “grammar” of gossip that permeates both online and real‑orld environments and sheds light on the often overused and confused terms of our time:information, misinformation and knowledge.This book offers a fundamental reconfiguration of the evolving virtual interdependence of humans and information technology. It is a key resource for students and scholars in areas relating to social media, information diffusion, human/computer interface, and computational social science.
Editorial Reviews
Drawing from philosophy, information theory, and network science, Organized Skepticism in the Age of Misinformation:Surviving the Kingdom of Gossip offers a novel conceptual framework that views information as a form of gossip.This book challenges the idea that truthfulness is a necessary, or even a relevant condition, of information. Instead, this book develops a conceptual framework in which information is understood as gossip, which fits within a more general account of information and knowledge as constrained but contingent social practices. Using this framework, this book provides a nuanced understanding of the “grammar” of gossip that permeates both online and real‑orld environments and sheds light on the often overused and confused terms of our time:information, misinformation and knowledge.This book offers a fundamental reconfiguration of the evolving virtual interdependence of humans and information technology. It is a key resource for students and scholars in areas relating to social media, information diffusion, human/computer interface, and computational social science.
