Langbeschreibung
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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface1. Introduction: Truth & TrustPart I Concepts2. What Smarter People Have Said About Facts: Philosophical & Psychological Foundations3. Dueling Facts in Political Science4. Dueling Facts in American PoliticsPart II Causes5. Your Facts or Mine? The Psychology of Fact Perceptions6. The Psychology of Fact Perceptions II: Value Projection7. Polarized Leaders Versus Polarized Values8. A Theory of Intuitive Epistemology9. The Roots of Certainty: Sacred Values and Sacred FactsPart III Consequences10. The Democratic Consequences of Dueling Facts11. Disdain & Disengagement: The Social Consequences of Dueling Fact PerceptionsPart IV Correctives12. Political Knowledge and Fractured Perceptions: Education is Not the Answer13. Let Facts Be Submitted to a Candid World: Fact-Checking as a Potential Solution14. Citizen Reponses to Fact-Checking15. Symmetry, Asymmetry, and DurabilityPart V Conclusion16. Conclusion: Facts & Values, Knowledge & DemocracyReferencesAppendix