Organized Skepticism in the Age of Misinformation: Surviving the Kingdom of Gossip

di Brett Bourbon (Autore)

Renita Murimi (Autore)

Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2025

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.

• Autore: Brett Bourbon, Renita Murimi
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Anno: 2025
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 232 p.
• Dimensioni: 234 x 156 mm
• Peso: 610 gr.
• EAN: 9781032513218

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