Beyond Fake News

Beyond Fake News is a technological and market-based explanation for how our informational environment became so polluted. It shows how purveyors of news often have incentives to mislead us, and how consumers of information often have incentives to be misled.

Justin P. McBrayer is Professor of Philosophy at Fort Lewis College, the liberal arts college for the State of Colorado. He is Executive Director for the Society of Christian Philosophers and Co-Editor of A Companion to the Problem of Evil (2013), Introducing Ethics (2013), and Skeptical Theism: New Essays (2014).

Part 1: The Misinformation Market 1. Informational Litter 2. It's the Economy, Stupid: The Supply Side of the Misinformation Market 3. Ignorance is Bliss: The Demand Side of the Misinformation Market Part 2: Why We Fall for Misinformation 4. Big and Little Questions 5. Intellectual Blind Spots Part 3: How We Can Do Better 6. Building a Bridge 7. Trusting Others 8. Finding the Truth 9. Cleaning Up