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The death of expertise : the campaign against established knowledge and why it matters / Tom Nichols

Nichols, Tom,i1960- [Verfasser]

New York : Oxford University Press, [2017]

Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest

1 Online-Ressource

978-0-19-046942-9 ; 978-0-19-046941-2

MS 7850 MS 6950

 

Informationsgesellschaft  Internet  Experte  Wissenssoziologie  Journalismus  USA  Fehlinformation  Soziokultureller Wandel  Informationsversorgung  Fachwissen  Einfluss 

 

A cult of anti-expertise sentiment has coincided with anti-intellectualism, resulting in massively viral yet poorly informed debates ranging from the anti-vaccination movement to attacks on GMOs. As Tom Nichols shows in The Death of Expertise, there are a number of reasons why this has occurred-ranging from easy access to Internet search engines to a customer satisfaction model within higher education.