WAYS THAT WE ARE WRONG: INFORMATIONAL VULNERABILITY IN THE DIGITAL AGE.
This paper is a theoretical contribution to an ongoing debate regarding the current predicament of truth and knowledge in the era of digital information overflow. It suggests that instead of an 'era of post-truth' in a literal sense, we should talk about a specific period of human informational vuln...
| Publicado en: | TRAMES: A Journal of the Humanities & Social Sciences Vol. 30; no. 1; pp. 115 - 135 |
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Teaduste Akadeemia Kirjastus
2026
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