TY - BOOK
T1 - Reality Lost
T2 - Markets of Attention, Misinformation and Manipulation
AU - Hendricks, Vincent Fella
AU - Vestergaard, Mads
N1 - Oversættelse af Fake news, Kbh. 2017
PY - 2018/9/7
Y1 - 2018/9/7
N2 - This open access book looks at how a democracy can devolve into a post-factual state. The media is being flooded by populist narratives, fake news, conspiracy theories and make-believe. Misinformation is turning into a challenge for all of us, whether politicians, journalists, or citizens. In the age of information, attention is a prime asset and may be converted into money, power, and influence - sometimes at the cost of facts. The point is to obtain exposure on the air and in print media, and to generate traffic on social media platforms. With information in abundance and attention scarce, the competition is ever fiercer with truth all too often becoming the first victim. Reality Lost: Markets of Attention, Misinformation and Manipulation is an analysis by philosophers Vincent F. Hendricks and Mads Vestergaard of the nuts and bolts of the information market, the attention economy and media eco-system which may pave way to postfactual democracy. Here misleading narratives become the basis for political opinion formation, debate, and legislation. To curb this development and the threat it poses to democratic deliberation, political self-determination and freedom, it is necessary that we first grasp the mechanisms and structural conditions that cause it.
AB - This open access book looks at how a democracy can devolve into a post-factual state. The media is being flooded by populist narratives, fake news, conspiracy theories and make-believe. Misinformation is turning into a challenge for all of us, whether politicians, journalists, or citizens. In the age of information, attention is a prime asset and may be converted into money, power, and influence - sometimes at the cost of facts. The point is to obtain exposure on the air and in print media, and to generate traffic on social media platforms. With information in abundance and attention scarce, the competition is ever fiercer with truth all too often becoming the first victim. Reality Lost: Markets of Attention, Misinformation and Manipulation is an analysis by philosophers Vincent F. Hendricks and Mads Vestergaard of the nuts and bolts of the information market, the attention economy and media eco-system which may pave way to postfactual democracy. Here misleading narratives become the basis for political opinion formation, debate, and legislation. To curb this development and the threat it poses to democratic deliberation, political self-determination and freedom, it is necessary that we first grasp the mechanisms and structural conditions that cause it.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - Attention Economics
KW - Conspiracy Theory Philosophy
KW - Democracy Information
KW - Digital Authority
KW - Digitial Slavery
KW - Donald Trump Philosophy
KW - Information Age Philosophy
KW - Misinformation Politics
KW - Populism Digital
KW - Post-factual Democracy
KW - Open Access Social Media
UR - https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-00813-0
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-00813-0
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-00813-0
M3 - Book
SN - 978-3-030-00812-3
BT - Reality Lost
PB - Springer
CY - Cham
ER -