{"product_id":"organized-skepticism-in-the-age-of-misinformation-surviving-the-kingdom-of-gossip-paperback","title":"Organized Skepticism in the Age of Misinformation: Surviving the Kingdom of Gossip - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrett Bourbon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRenita Murimi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing from philosophy, information theory, and network science, \u003ci\u003eOrganized Skepticism in the Age of Misinformation: Surviving the Kingdom of Gossip \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a novel conceptual framework that views information as a form of gossip.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book challenges the idea that truthfulness is a necessary, or even a relevant condition, of information. Instead, this book develops a conceptual framework in which information is understood as gossip, which fits within a more general account of information and knowledge as constrained but contingent social practices. Using this framework, this book provides a nuanced understanding of the \"grammar\" of gossip that permeates both online and real-orld environments and sheds light on the often overused and confused terms of our time: information, misinformation and knowledge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book offers a fundamental reconfiguration of the evolving virtual interdependence of humans and information technology. It is a key resource for students and scholars in areas relating to social media, information diffusion, human\/computer interface, and computational social science.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrett Bourbon \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of English Literature at the University of Dallas. He is also a Visiting Professor in The Program of Literary Theory, University of Lisbon. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard, and was a professor at Stanford. He was awarded a Mellon post-doctoral fellowship and a Fulbright Award. He has published many essays and four books, including Finding a Replacement for the Soul: meaning and mind in literature and philosophy (Harvard UP, 2004), Everyday Poetics: Ethics, Love, and Logic (Bloomsbury Press, 2022), Jane Austen And the Ethics of Life (Routledge Press, 2022), and Thinking with Words: A Literary Groundwork (with Miguel Tamen) (Routledge Press, Forthcoming 2024).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRenita Murimi\u003c\/b\u003e is an Associate Professor of Cybersecurity at the University of Dallas. She received her PhD and MS in Electrical Engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology. Her research interests are in the areas of cybersecurity and network science. She has received the Melinda Gates Foundation's Grand Challenges Exploration grant. Her research has been widely published in journals, book chapters and conference proceedings. She is also the author of an upcoming book titled Ten Modern Cryptographic Algorithms (Forthcoming, No Starch Press).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 12, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51896505434400,"sku":"9781032493473","price":111.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4VhTUIxEfb9781032493473.webp?v=1782058395","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/organized-skepticism-in-the-age-of-misinformation-surviving-the-kingdom-of-gossip-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}