Weaponized lies : how to think critically in the post-truth era
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New York, New York : Dutton, 2017.
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xxii, 294 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
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Riverside Campus
BC177 .L48 W43 2017
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BC177 .L48 W43 2017
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New York, New York : Dutton, 2017.
Format
Book
Language
English
Notes
General Note
"Previously published as A field guide to lies."
General Note
"Updated and with a new introduction"--Cover.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-283) and index.
Description
It's becoming harder to separate the wheat from the digital chaff. How do we distinguish misinformation, pseudo-facts, distortions, and outright lies from reliable information? Levitin groups his field guide into two categories -- statistical information and faulty arguments -- ultimately showing how science is the bedrock of critical thinking. Infoliteracy means understanding that there are hierarchies of source quality and bias that variously distort our information feeds via every media channel, including social media. We may expect newspapers, bloggers, the government, and Wikipedia to be factually and logically correct, but they so often aren't. We need to think critically about the words and numbers we encounter if we want to be successful at work, at play, and in making the most of our lives. This means checking the plausibility and reasoning -- not passively accepting information, repeating it, and making decisions based on it. Readers learn to avoid the extremes of passive gullibility and cynical rejection.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Levitin, D. J. (2017). Weaponized lies: how to think critically in the post-truth era . Dutton.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Levitin, Daniel J.. 2017. Weaponized Lies: How to Think Critically in the Post-truth Era. Dutton.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Levitin, Daniel J.. Weaponized Lies: How to Think Critically in the Post-truth Era Dutton, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Levitin, Daniel J.. Weaponized Lies: How to Think Critically in the Post-truth Era Dutton, 2017.
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