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The Resource One nation, two realities : dueling facts in American democracy, Morgan Marietta and David C. Barker

One nation, two realities : dueling facts in American democracy, Morgan Marietta and David C. Barker

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The deep divides that define politics in the United States are not restricted to policy or even cultural differences anymore. Americans no longer agree on basic questions of fact. Is climate change real? Does racism still determine who gets ahead? Is sexual orientation innate? Do immigration and free trade help or hurt the economy? Does gun control reduce violence? Are false convictions common? Employing several years of original survey data and experiments, Marietta and Barker reach a number of enlightening and provocative conclusions: dueling fact perceptions are not so much a product of hyper-partisanship or media propaganda as they are of simple value differences and deepening distrust of authorities. These duels foster social contempt, even in the workplace, and they warp the electorate. The educated - on both the right and the left - carry the biggest guns and are the quickest to draw. And finally, fact-checking and other proposed remedies don't seem to holster too many weapons; they can even add bullets to the chamber. Marietta and Barker's pessimistic conclusions will challenge idealistic reformers
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eng
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xvi, 340 pages
Contents
  • Part I. Concepts
  • What smarter people have said about facts: philosophical and psychological foundations
  • Dueling facts in political science
  • Dueling facts in American politics
  • Part II. Causes
  • Your facts or mine? The psychology of fact perceptions
  • The psychology of fact perceptions II: value projection
  • Polarized leaders versus polarized values
  • A theory of intuitive epistemology
  • The roots of certainty: sacred values and sacred facts
  • Part III. Consequences
  • The democratic consequences of dueling facts
  • Disdain and disengagement: the social and professional consequences of dueling fact perceptions
  • Part IV. Correctives
  • Political knowledge and fractured perceptions: education is not the answer
  • Let facts be submitted to a candid world: fact-checking as a potential solution
  • Citizen responses to fact-checking
  • Symmetry, asymmetry, and durability
  • Part V. Conclusion
  • Conclusion: facts and values, knowledge and democracy
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9780190677176
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One nation, two realities : dueling facts in American democracy
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One nation, two realities
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dueling facts in American democracy
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Morgan Marietta and David C. Barker
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Language
eng
Summary
The deep divides that define politics in the United States are not restricted to policy or even cultural differences anymore. Americans no longer agree on basic questions of fact. Is climate change real? Does racism still determine who gets ahead? Is sexual orientation innate? Do immigration and free trade help or hurt the economy? Does gun control reduce violence? Are false convictions common? Employing several years of original survey data and experiments, Marietta and Barker reach a number of enlightening and provocative conclusions: dueling fact perceptions are not so much a product of hyper-partisanship or media propaganda as they are of simple value differences and deepening distrust of authorities. These duels foster social contempt, even in the workplace, and they warp the electorate. The educated - on both the right and the left - carry the biggest guns and are the quickest to draw. And finally, fact-checking and other proposed remedies don't seem to holster too many weapons; they can even add bullets to the chamber. Marietta and Barker's pessimistic conclusions will challenge idealistic reformers
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Marietta, Morgan
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306.20973
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illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
JA85.2.U6
LC item number
M3745 2019
Literary form
non fiction
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bibliography
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1969-
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Barker, David C.
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  • Communication in politics
  • Facts (Philosophy)
  • Public opinion
  • Political psychology
  • United States
  • Communication in politics
  • Political psychology
  • Politics and government
  • Public opinion
  • United States
  • Öffentlichkeit
  • Meinungsbildung
  • Faktizität
  • Parteipolitik
  • Polarisierung
  • Politische Kommunikation
  • USA
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One nation, two realities : dueling facts in American democracy, Morgan Marietta and David C. Barker
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Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-335) and index
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Contents
Part I. Concepts -- What smarter people have said about facts: philosophical and psychological foundations -- Dueling facts in political science -- Dueling facts in American politics -- Part II. Causes -- Your facts or mine? The psychology of fact perceptions -- The psychology of fact perceptions II: value projection -- Polarized leaders versus polarized values -- A theory of intuitive epistemology -- The roots of certainty: sacred values and sacred facts -- Part III. Consequences -- The democratic consequences of dueling facts -- Disdain and disengagement: the social and professional consequences of dueling fact perceptions -- Part IV. Correctives -- Political knowledge and fractured perceptions: education is not the answer -- Let facts be submitted to a candid world: fact-checking as a potential solution -- Citizen responses to fact-checking -- Symmetry, asymmetry, and durability -- Part V. Conclusion -- Conclusion: facts and values, knowledge and democracy
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1050456736
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
xvi, 340 pages
Isbn
9780190677176
Lccn
2018040499
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unmediated
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rdamedia
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  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
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(OCoLC)1050456736
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One nation, two realities : dueling facts in American democracy, Morgan Marietta and David C. Barker
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-335) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
Part I. Concepts -- What smarter people have said about facts: philosophical and psychological foundations -- Dueling facts in political science -- Dueling facts in American politics -- Part II. Causes -- Your facts or mine? The psychology of fact perceptions -- The psychology of fact perceptions II: value projection -- Polarized leaders versus polarized values -- A theory of intuitive epistemology -- The roots of certainty: sacred values and sacred facts -- Part III. Consequences -- The democratic consequences of dueling facts -- Disdain and disengagement: the social and professional consequences of dueling fact perceptions -- Part IV. Correctives -- Political knowledge and fractured perceptions: education is not the answer -- Let facts be submitted to a candid world: fact-checking as a potential solution -- Citizen responses to fact-checking -- Symmetry, asymmetry, and durability -- Part V. Conclusion -- Conclusion: facts and values, knowledge and democracy
Control code
1050456736
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
xvi, 340 pages
Isbn
9780190677176
Lccn
2018040499
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)1050456736

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