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This book addresses current threats to citizenship and democratic values posed by the spread of post-truth communication. The contributors apply research on moral, civic, and epistemic virtues to issues involving post-truth culture.

The spread of post-truth communication affects ordinary citizensâ commitment to truth and attitudes toward information sources, thereby threatening the promotion of democratic ideals in public debate. The chapters in this volume investigate the importance of helping citizens improve the quality of their online agency and raise awareness of the risks social media poses to democratic values. This book moves from two initial chapters that provide historical background and overview of the present post-truth malaise, through a series of chapters that feature mainly diagnostic accounts of the epistemic and ethical issues we face, to the complexities of virtue-theoretic analyses of specific virtues and vices.

Virtues, Democracy, and Online Med

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Introduction

Maria Silvia Vaccarezza and Nancy E. Snow

Part I. Perspectives on the Post-Truth Problem

1. Democratic Truth-Seeking, Tribal Epistemologies, and Trust

Nancy E. Snow

2. Democracy, Information Technology, and Virtue Epistemology

Jason Baehr

3. Misinformation and Intentional Deception: A Novel Account of Fake News

Michel Croce and Tommaso Piazza

4. Post-Truth, False Balance and Virtuous Gatekeeping

Alfred Archer and Natascha Rietdijk

5. Psychological Processes in Social Media: Implications for Democracy

Shane Connelly, Marina Mery, and Keith Strasbaugh

6. The Halo Effect, Post-Truth Communication, and Practical Wisdom

Claudia Navarini, Allegra Indraccolo, Elena Ricci, and Ricardo Brunetti

Part II: Roles for Virtue

7. Patience, Love of Truth, and Navigating Online Media in an Age of Distraction

Jason Kawall

8. Anger, Moral Address and Claimant Injustice

Alessandra Tanesini

9. Reconceiving Civic Competence for the Digital Age

Rena Beatrice Goldstein

10. The Virtues of the E-Interlocutor

Howard J. Curzer

Part III: Epistemic Partisanship: Pro and Con

11. Partisanship and Epistemic Partiality

Valeria Ottonelli

12. Partisanship as Virtue and Vice

Yuval Eylon

13. Post-factualism, Political Communication and the Role of Citizens

Maria Paola Ferretti

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      Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
      Published 5 July 2021
      ISBN-13 9780367521806
      978-0367521806
      ISBN-10 0367521806
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This book addresses current threats to citizenship and democratic values posed by the spread of post-truth communication. The contributors apply research on moral, civic, and epistemic virtues to issues involving post-truth culture.

      The spread of post-truth communication affects ordinary citizensâ commitment to truth and attitudes toward information sources, thereby threatening the promotion of democratic ideals in public debate. The chapters in this volume investigate the importance of helping citizens improve the quality of their online agency and raise awareness of the risks social media poses to democratic values. This book moves from two initial chapters that provide historical background and overview of the present post-truth malaise, through a series of chapters that feature mainly diagnostic accounts of the epistemic and ethical issues we face, to the complexities of virtue-theoretic analyses of specific virtues and vices.

      Virtues, Democracy, and Online Med

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Maria Silvia Vaccarezza and Nancy E. Snow

      Part I. Perspectives on the Post-Truth Problem

      1. Democratic Truth-Seeking, Tribal Epistemologies, and Trust

      Nancy E. Snow

      2. Democracy, Information Technology, and Virtue Epistemology

      Jason Baehr

      3. Misinformation and Intentional Deception: A Novel Account of Fake News

      Michel Croce and Tommaso Piazza

      4. Post-Truth, False Balance and Virtuous Gatekeeping

      Alfred Archer and Natascha Rietdijk

      5. Psychological Processes in Social Media: Implications for Democracy

      Shane Connelly, Marina Mery, and Keith Strasbaugh

      6. The Halo Effect, Post-Truth Communication, and Practical Wisdom

      Claudia Navarini, Allegra Indraccolo, Elena Ricci, and Ricardo Brunetti

      Part II: Roles for Virtue

      7. Patience, Love of Truth, and Navigating Online Media in an Age of Distraction

      Jason Kawall

      8. Anger, Moral Address and Claimant Injustice

      Alessandra Tanesini

      9. Reconceiving Civic Competence for the Digital Age

      Rena Beatrice Goldstein

      10. The Virtues of the E-Interlocutor

      Howard J. Curzer

      Part III: Epistemic Partisanship: Pro and Con

      11. Partisanship and Epistemic Partiality

      Valeria Ottonelli

      12. Partisanship as Virtue and Vice

      Yuval Eylon

      13. Post-factualism, Political Communication and the Role of Citizens

      Maria Paola Ferretti

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