Keith Raymond Harris

Misinformation, Content Moderation, and Epistemology

Protecting Knowledge

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book argues that misinformation poses a multi-faceted threat to knowledge, while arguing that some forms of content moderation risk exacerbating these threats. It proposes alternative forms of content moderation that aim to address this complexity while enhancing human epistemic agency.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 164
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. September 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 248g
• ISBN-13: 9781032636917
• ISBN-10: 1032636912
• Artikelnr.: 75241318

Autorenporträt

Keith Raymond Harris is a postdoctoral researcher in philosophy at Ruhr-Universität Bochum, where he specializes in social and applied epistemology and the philosophy of cognitive science. His recent publications include "Real Fakes: The Epistemology of Online Misinformation," "Epistemic Domination," and "Beyond Belief: On Disinformation and Manipulation."

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Knowledge Under Threat Part 1: The Threat of Misinformation
1. How Misinformation Prevents Knowing 2. Conspiracy Theories and Runaway
Skepticism 3. Ambiguity, Fakery, and Social Evidence Part 2: The Promise of
Content Moderation 4. Damned if You Do: The Case Against Content Moderation
5. Damned if You Don't: The Case for Content Moderation 6. Collaborative
Content Moderation Epilogue: Online, Digital Soldiers

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Introduction: Knowledge Under Threat Part 1: The Threat of Misinformation 1. How Misinformation Prevents Knowing 2. Conspiracy Theories and Runaway Skepticism 3. Ambiguity, Fakery, and Social Evidence Part 2: The Promise of Content Moderation 4. Damned if You Do: The Case Against Content Moderation 5. Damned if You Don't: The Case for Content Moderation 6. Collaborative Content Moderation Epilogue: Online, Digital Soldiers

Rezensionen

"Harris provides a timely inquiry into the role of content moderation in online platforms and the effects of different moderation policies on the ability of people using the platforms to understand the information they present and recognize misinformation . . . This book would be useful in a course on epistemology, communications, media theory, or the sociology of the internet. Summing Up: Recommended."

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