Editors
Andrea Patricia Baer; Ellysa Stern Cahoy; Robert Schroeder
Document Type
Book Section
Publication Date
1-1-2019
Publisher
Association of College and Research Libraries
Publisher Location
Chicargo, IL
Book Title
Libraries Promoting Reflective Dialogue in a Time of Political Polarization
First page number:
323
Last page number:
338
Abstract
Indignant speech blares throughout our polarized political climate, particularly in the press, in social media, and in campaign messaging. Indignation and polarization reinforce each other: defensiveness toward dissenting perspectives gets voiced as angry judgment, and fire-breathing rhetoric on wedge issues drives individuals more deeply into one ideological camp or another. A recent Pew study suggests that prevailing habits among consumers of political media, particularly selective exposure to media that confirms one’s existing outlook, serve only to accelerate the cycle of outrage and division.1 This pervasive and growing dynamic is essentially an information problem; as such, a timely and relevant education in information literacy should prepare students to reflect on this troublesome feature of our political communication.
Disciplines
Library and Information Science
File Format
File Size
1.891 KB
Language
English
Permissions
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Repository Citation
Lenker, M. N.
(2019).
Indignation in Political Discourse Thoughts toward an Information Literacy Curriculum. In Andrea Patricia Baer; Ellysa Stern Cahoy; Robert Schroeder,
323-338.
Chicargo, IL: Association of College and Research Libraries.
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/lib_articles/665