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- Book Title
- Wrong : How Media, Politics, and Identity Drive Our Appetite for Misinformation
- Item Length
- 9.2 in
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Publication Year
- 2023
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Genre
- Social Science, Political Science
- Topic
- Sociology / General, Popular Culture, Commentary & Opinion, Political Ideologies / Democracy
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- 6.2 in
- Item Weight
- 20 oz
- Number of Pages
- 312 Pages
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An engaging look at how American politics and media reinforce partisan identity and threaten democracy. Why are so many of us wrong about so much? From COVID-19 to climate change to the results of elections, millions of Americans believe things that are simply not true--and act based on these misperceptions. In Wrong: How Media, Politics, and Identity Drive Our Appetite for Misinformation , expert in media and politics Dannagal Goldthwaite Young offers a comprehensive model that illustrates how political leaders and media organizations capitalize on our social and cultural identities to separate, enrage, and--ultimately--mobilize us. Through a process of identity distillation encouraged by public officials, journalists, political and social media, Americans' political identities--how we think of ourselves as members of our political team--drive our belief in and demand for misinformation. It turns out that if being wrong allows us to comprehend the world, have control over it, or connect with our community, all in ways that serve our political team, then we don't want to be right. Over the past 40 years, lawmakers in America's two major political parties have become more extreme in their positions on ideological issues. Voters from the two parties have become increasingly distinct and hostile to one another along the lines of race, religion, geography, and culture. In the process, these political identities have transformed into a useful but reductive label tied to what we look like, who we worship, where we live, and what we believe. Young offers a road map out of this chaotic morass, including demand-side solutions that reduce the bifurcation of American society and increase our information ecosystem's accountability to empirical facts. By understanding the dynamics that encourage identity distillation, Wrong explains how to reverse this dangerous trend and strengthen American democracy in the process.
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Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN-10
1421447754
ISBN-13
9781421447759
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13059109950
Product Key Features
Book Title
Wrong : How Media, Politics, and Identity Drive Our Appetite for Misinformation
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Sociology / General, Popular Culture, Commentary & Opinion, Political Ideologies / Democracy
Publication Year
2023
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Social Science, Political Science
Number of Pages
312 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Height
1 in
Item Width
6.2 in
Item Weight
20 oz
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Hm753.Y67 2023
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Misinformation has been a topic of increasing concern in recent years, and in Wrong: How Media, Politics, and Identity Drive Our Appetite for Misinformation , Dannagal Goldthwaite Young examines the unique cultural structures in the United States that make its citizens particularly susceptible.[ Wrong ] offers valuable insight and works to strengthen democracy and the social connectedness still possible in the United States. -- Shelf Awareness, A compelling exploration of the psychological factors behind misinformation and belief. -- Library Journal Dannagal Goldthwaite Youngs insightful book Wrong investigates the political and philosophical reasons why people rely on information that they know is false. -- Foreword Reviews Anchored by Dannagal G. Youngs magisterial and powerful writing, Wrong lays out a social and psychological framework to help us see through our own needs-based biases, engage in reflexivity, and understand how and why we are wrong. In the process, we can hopefully reduce the incentives we provide to other actors in the process--such as media and politicians--and ultimately find our way to a less toxic political culture. -- Daniel Kreiss, University of North Carolina, author of Prototype Politics: Technology-Intensive Campaigning and the Data of Democracy Powerful, distinctive, and utterly compelling, Wrong argues that the way we satisfy our needs for comprehension, control, and community is shaped by our social identities, which are at the core of both the supply and demand for misinformation. Because politicians and the media know this fact, they behave strategically in order to structure politics through this perspective. This book is sorely needed, and Dannagal G. Youngs argument is truly central to our understanding of todays misinformation problem. -- Jaime Settle, College of William & Mary, author of Frenemies: How Social Media Polarizes America From one of the communication fields finest scholars, Dannagal G. Youngs Wrong is a provocative, original, must-read explanation of the ways in which our social and cultural identities affect the knowledge and behavior we endorse or spurn. -- Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania Dannagal G. Youngs Wrong combines a remarkable sense of empathy with vivid examples and clear arguments to offer a comprehensive look at the psychological needs and political and media forces that help make us vulnerable to misinformation. -- Brendan Nyhan, Dartmouth College Prepare to have your mind blown as Dannagal G. Young takes on conspiracy theories, blending sharp scientific insights, clever anecdotes, and a dash of irreverence. -- Jay Van Bavel, Director, NYU Social Identity & Morality Lab and author, The Power of Us: Harnessing Our Shared Identities to Improve Performance, Increase Cooperation, and Promote Social Harmony, Part historical retelling of First Amendment jurisprudence, part road map for policymakers, the book notes areas where the courts have in fact narrowly carved out First Amendment protections for false speech. --Cristiano Lima, Washington Post, Recognizing how deep this crisis goes leaves us in a difficult place. Getting people to reject demonstrable lies isn't simply a matter of bludgeoning them with facts. As the communications scholar Dannagal Goldthwaite Young writes in 'Wrong: How Media, Politics and Identity Drive Our Appetite for Misinformation' (2023), the impulse to berate and mock people who believe conspiratorial falsehoods will typically backfire....Building trust requires cultivating...social connection instead of torching it. But extending compassionate overtures to people who believe things that are odious and harmful is risky too. --Jennifer Szalai, New York Times Book Review, "Anchored by Young's magisterial and powerful writing, Wrong lays out a social and psychological framework to help us see through our own needs-based biases, engage in reflexivity, and understand how and why we are wrong. In the process, we can hopefully reduce the incentives we provide to other actors in the process?such as media and politicians?and ultimately find our way to a less toxic political culture."?Daniel Kreiss, University of North Carolina, author of Prototype Politics: Technology-Intensive Campaigning and the Data of Democracy "Powerful, distinctive, and utterly compelling, Wrong argues that the way we satisfy our needs for comprehension, control, and community are shaped by our social identities, which are at the core of both the supply and demand for misinformation. Because politicians and the media know this fact, they behave strategically in order to structure politics through this perspective. This book is sorely needed, and Young's argument is truly central to our understanding of today's misinformation problem."?Jaime Settle, College of William & Mary, author of Frenemies: How Social Media Polarizes America, Dannagal Goldthwaite Young's insightful book Wrong investigates the political and philosophical reasons why people rely on information that they know is false. -- Foreword Reviews, A compelling exploration of the psychological factors behind misinformation and belief. -- Library Journal
Table of Content
Preface Acknowledgments PART I 1. "People Like Us Believe These Things." 2. How do we Know What we Know? 3. America's Asymmetrical Identity Alignment 4. I'm One of Them: Social Identity 5. The Epistemic Divide: "People Like Us Understand the World This Way." PART II 6. How Political News Rewards Identity Performances and Activates Identity Threat 7. Separate Me: Identity Distillation through Partisan Media 8. Curate Me: Identity Distillation Through Social Media 9. Solutions to Identity-Driven Wrongness
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