Bibliograph

Post-truth, peak bullshit and what we can do about it, Evan Davis

Type

Label

Post-truth, peak bullshit and what we can do about it, Evan Davis

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Post-truth

Oclc number

987421787

Responsibility statement

Evan Davis

Sub title

peak bullshit and what we can do about it

Summary

Low-level dishonesty is rife everywhere, in the form of exaggeration, selective use of facts, economy with the truth, careful drafting - from Trump and the Brexit debate to companies that tell us 'your call is important to us'. How did we get to a place where bullshit is not just rife but apparently so effective that it's become the communications strategy of our times? This brilliantly insightful book steps inside the panoply of deception employed in all walks of life and assesses how it has come to this. It sets out the surprising logic which explains why bullshit is both pervasive and persistent. Why are company annual reports often nonsense? Why should you not trust estate agents? And above all, why has political campaigning become the art of stretching the truth? Drawing on behavioural science, economics, psychology and of course his knowledge of the media, Evan ends by providing readers with a tool-kit to handle the kinds of deceptions we encounter every day, and charts a route through the muddy waters of the post-truth age

Table Of Contents

What. Truth, post-truth, and post-fact -- Nonsense and gibberish -- Gestures and phony behaviour -- Bullshit : the theory -- Why. Hidden messages -- Being human -- Short-termism -- Culture and norms -- How. Limits to the power of persuasion -- Better bullshit -- The discerning listener

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