Digital Humanities 2126F/G Study Guide - Final Guide: Fivethirtyeight, Factcheck.Org, New Media
20 Apr 2018
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The point: the two dominant proposals for accountability mechanisms intended to improve the trustworthiness of internet communication, and improve the reliability of the truth of the information, both threaten to undermine the communal developments of true beliefs. K(cid:374)o(cid:449)ledge as a (cid:858)true belief:(cid:859: human knowledge is a collective undertaking, what she means when characterizing position as (cid:862)s(cid:455)ste(cid:373)s-oriented, social- episte(cid:373)i(cid:272) f(cid:396)a(cid:373)e(cid:449)o(cid:396)k(cid:863) Investigating identities: second form of accountability investigative, having people with necessary technical expertise identify a user in real-life by tracking ip address. Investigations can unfold in real-life (amina blog hoax: regulates by means of a threat your real identit(cid:455) (cid:449)ill (cid:271)e e(cid:454)posed if (cid:455)ou do(cid:374)(cid:859)t conform to the standard of behaviour. Censorship and the importance of democratic discourse: significance of censorship and importance of free and open discourse in context of democracy and the collective pursuit of truth. Input-side self-censorship = problem for democratic process of getting truth.
