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Freedom Of The Press In Post-Truthism America, Ronnell Anderson Jones, Lisa Grow Sun
Freedom Of The Press In Post-Truthism America, Ronnell Anderson Jones, Lisa Grow Sun
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Freedom of the press in America is at a critical crossroads in a number of ways, but one stands out as most fundamental: the stark impact of the current debate over “Post-Truthism.” Press freedom jurisprudence has long been structured around the concept of an audience member’s search for truth in a marketplace of ideas. But social science research increasingly suggests that individual information consumers are in fact often driven by emotion, affirmation of political identity, and the need for cognitive shortcuts, and that they may not possess the truth-seeking, rational processing, or information-updating capabilities that the Court assumes. Whether this …