Said Robert Proctor: “If you don’t like the science that’s out there, create some of your own. And then claim ‘we need more research.’ And then label your opposition as a bunch of close-minded fanatics.”
https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/industry-weaponizing-science-agenda/
#history #learning #learn #sociology #reputation #truth #agnotology #historyOfScience #intelligence #ignorance #USPol #science #knowledge #politics #publicOpinion #mediaStudies #commOdon
Structural and design-based analysis of hybrid artefacts/digital technologies for educational contexts (learning, teaching): handbook digital media and methods
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-36629-2_37-1
What are your favorite empirical works that do a good or nuanced job of connecting meaning and materiality in the same study?
(borrowing that phrasing from Siles-Boczkowski, others would also do) @commodon
"There are several overlapping groups of people who, probably for different reasons, are more likely to prefer news that shares their point of view:
(a) the ideological and politically engaged;
(b) young people, especially those who rely mainly on social media for news;
(c) women; and
(d) less socioeconomically advantaged groups."
"In markets dominated by fewer brands — often publicly funded ones such as the BBC — respondents in that market also tend to express higher levels of preference for impartiality." In Britain, where respondents use an average of four news brands, the lowest number across the 40 countries studied, 62% of respondents say they prefer news displaying no point of view.
Camila Mont'Alverne et al, 2025: https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/23816
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U.S. media history is pretty straightforward, honestly.
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"The chapters, constructed as 'multispecies stories,' ... consider ecologies & infrastructure together in novel ways that challenge our conceptual separations between the two. Readers will find a theoretically exciting & vibrantly composed read with OIL BEACH" 🛢️🏖️📙
https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/24661
Thank you for this lovely review, Shelley Tuazon Guyton & IJOC!
Here's the book:
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/O/bo185167017.html
#Commodon #STS #EnvHist @ecologies @sts #OilBeach #multispecies #CriticalLogistics
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