Do Facts Matter?: Information and Misinformation in American Politics: Julian J. Rothbaum Distinguished Lecture, cartea 13
Autor Jennifer L. Hochschild, Katherine Levine Einsteinen Limba Engleză Paperback – 7 iul 2016
A democracy falters when most of its citizens are uninformed or misinformed, when misinformation affects political decisions and actions, or when political actors foment misinformation--the state of affairs the United States faces today, as this timely book makes painfully clear. In Do Facts Matter? Jennifer L. Hochschild and Katherine Levine Einstein start with Thomas Jefferson's ideal citizen, who knows and uses correct information to make policy or political choices. What, then, the authors ask, are the consequences if citizens are informed but do not act on their knowledge? More serious, what if they do act, but on incorrect information? Analyzing the use, nonuse, and misuse of facts in various cases--such as the call to impeach Bill Clinton, the response to global warming, Clarence Thomas's appointment to the Supreme Court, the case for invading Iraq, beliefs about Barack Obama's birthplace and religion, and the Affordable Care Act--Hochschild and Einstein argue persuasively that errors of commission (that is, acting on falsehoods) are even more troublesome than errors of omission. While citizens' inability or unwillingness to use the facts they know in their political decision making may be frustrating, their acquisition and use of incorrect "knowledge" pose a far greater threat to a democratic political system. Do Facts Matter? looks beyond individual citizens to the role that political elites play in informing, misinforming, and encouraging or discouraging the use of accurate or mistaken information or beliefs. Hochschild and Einstein show that if a well-informed electorate remains a crucial component of a successful democracy, the deliberate concealment of political facts poses its greatest threat.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780806155906
ISBN-10: 0806155906
Pagini: 248
Dimensiuni: 140 x 213 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: University of Oklahoma Press
Seria Julian J. Rothbaum Distinguished Lecture
ISBN-10: 0806155906
Pagini: 248
Dimensiuni: 140 x 213 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: University of Oklahoma Press
Seria Julian J. Rothbaum Distinguished Lecture
Descriere
In Do Facts Matter? Jennifer L. Hochschild and Katherine Levine Einstein start with Thomas Jefferson's ideal citizen, who knows and uses correct information to make policy or political choices. What, then, the authors ask, are the consequences if citizens are informed but do not act on their knowledge? More serious, what if they do act, but on incorrect information?