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Abstract
Most of us are fed up of the incessant media coverage of fake news and dishonest political campaigns.
We might be fed-up. But at the same time we can’t help but repeatedly mumble our common-sense complaints about a world we don’t recognise: ‘How can even apparently intelligent people believe in fake news about the major issues of this election? Brexit, anti-scientific claims dismissing climate change, and fake news about the NHS and trade deals?’ ‘How can so many people continue to fall for Boris Johnson’s trick of repeating his unsubstantiated claims until these claims somehow become the truth to the media? (The text continues, please click weblink!)
We might be fed-up. But at the same time we can’t help but repeatedly mumble our common-sense complaints about a world we don’t recognise: ‘How can even apparently intelligent people believe in fake news about the major issues of this election? Brexit, anti-scientific claims dismissing climate change, and fake news about the NHS and trade deals?’ ‘How can so many people continue to fall for Boris Johnson’s trick of repeating his unsubstantiated claims until these claims somehow become the truth to the media? (The text continues, please click weblink!)
Original language | English |
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Short description | The blog site of Manchester University Press |
Media of output | Internet |
Publisher | Manchester University Press |
Number of pages | 2 |
Publication status | Published - 2019 Dec 9 |
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)
Free keywords
- Brexit
- UK election
- Knowledge resistance
- Ignorance
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Knowledge Resistance: Understanding and Managing Avoidance of Insights from the Others
Klintman, M. (Researcher)
2018/01/01 → 2020/12/31
Project: Research