What is post-truth? Explain and exemplify the concept. Discuss the evolution of post-truth from the era of All The Presidents Men to ours shown in The Social Dilemma. How has technology and social media contributed to that evolution? What challenges does our current era pose to the pursuit of truth? How do we use critical thinking skills to overcome those challenges? Or can we?
As I think about how I would write this essay, several groups of ideas come to mind. My brainstorming would weave these groups together until I discovered a legitimate argument; these may help you shape your own argument:
Profit-centered news media, ideology-centered news media, fake news, infotainment, truth sources
Cognitive biases, heuristics, System One/Watson
Personal data harvesting, online behavior tracking, microtargeting
Information deluge
*Use the two films Presidents Men and The Social Dilemma. Sources can be the two films and anything else.
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