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From the anti-vaccination movement to citizen blogging to uninformed attacks on GMOs, the nation has witnessed a surge in intellectual egalitarianism. While increased access to information undoubtedly brings some societal benefits, the leap to enlightenment that millions of lightly educated people believe they make after scouring WebMD or Wikipedia undermines established sources of knowledge.
From the anti-vaccination movement to citizen blogging to uninformed attacks on GMOs, the nation has witnessed a surge in intellectual egalitarianism. While increased access to information undoubtedly brings some societal benefits, the leap to enlightenment that millions of lightly educated people believe they make after scouring WebMD or Wikipedia undermines established sources of knowledge.
Über den Autor
Tom Nichols is Professor of National Security Affairs at the US Naval War College, an adjunct professor at the Harvard Extension School, and a former aide in the U.S. Senate. He is also the author of several works on foreign policy and international security affairs, including The Sacred Cause, No Use: Nuclear Weapons and U.S. National Security, Eve of Destruction: The Coming Age of Preventive War, and The Russian Presidency.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Preface
- Introduction. The Death of Expertise
- Chapter 1. Experts and Citizens
- Chapter 2. How Conversation Became Exhausting
- Chapter 3. Higher Education: The Customer Is Always Right
- Chapter 4. Let Me Google That for You: How Unlimited Information Is Making Us Dumber
- Chapter 5. The "New" New Journalism, and Lots of It
- Chapter 6. When the Experts Are Wrong
- Conclusion. Experts and Democracy
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2017 |
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Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
Rubrik: | Sozialwissenschaften |
Medium: | Buch |
Inhalt: | Gebunden |
ISBN-13: | 9780190469412 |
ISBN-10: | 0190469412 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Gebunden |
Autor: | Nichols, Tom |
Hersteller: | Oxford University Press Inc |
Maße: | 216 x 144 x 25 mm |
Von/Mit: | Tom Nichols |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 27.04.2017 |
Gewicht: | 0,428 kg |
Über den Autor
Tom Nichols is Professor of National Security Affairs at the US Naval War College, an adjunct professor at the Harvard Extension School, and a former aide in the U.S. Senate. He is also the author of several works on foreign policy and international security affairs, including The Sacred Cause, No Use: Nuclear Weapons and U.S. National Security, Eve of Destruction: The Coming Age of Preventive War, and The Russian Presidency.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Preface
- Introduction. The Death of Expertise
- Chapter 1. Experts and Citizens
- Chapter 2. How Conversation Became Exhausting
- Chapter 3. Higher Education: The Customer Is Always Right
- Chapter 4. Let Me Google That for You: How Unlimited Information Is Making Us Dumber
- Chapter 5. The "New" New Journalism, and Lots of It
- Chapter 6. When the Experts Are Wrong
- Conclusion. Experts and Democracy
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2017 |
---|---|
Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
Rubrik: | Sozialwissenschaften |
Medium: | Buch |
Inhalt: | Gebunden |
ISBN-13: | 9780190469412 |
ISBN-10: | 0190469412 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Gebunden |
Autor: | Nichols, Tom |
Hersteller: | Oxford University Press Inc |
Maße: | 216 x 144 x 25 mm |
Von/Mit: | Tom Nichols |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 27.04.2017 |
Gewicht: | 0,428 kg |
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