True enough
Subtitle: learning to live in a post-fact society
By: Farhad Manjoo
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9780470050101
Subjects: Objectivity; Journalism; Conspiracies; Mass media; Truthfulness and falsehood
Description: Manjoo presents findings from psychology, sociology, political science, and economics to show how new technologies are prompting the cultural ascendancy of belief over facts.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-243) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Why facts no longer matter; title: "Reality" is splitting; title: The new tribalism : swift boats and the power of choosing; title: Trusting your senses : selective perception and 9/11; title: Questionable expertise : the stolen election and the men who push it; title: The twilight of objectivity, or what's the matter with Lou Dobbs?; title: "Truthiness" everywhere; title: Epilogue: Living in a world without trust.