Seeing Bullshit Rhetorically: Human Encounters and Cultural Values

Autor

  • Leonard Shedletsky UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29107/rr2018.4.3

Abstrakt

Autor eseju odnosi się do idei „wciskania kitu” (ang. bullshit) jako egzemplifikacji intuicjonistycznej teorii społecznej H. Merciera i D. Sperbera. Przywołuje wiele badań empiryczynych, poświęconych temu zjawisku, w tym te, które omawiają podział światopoglądów według osi indywidualizm vs komunitarianizm oraz hierarchia vs egalitaryzm w kontekście akceptacji bądź odrzucania idei. Odkrywanie „kitu” w przekazie dobrze odzwierciedla heurystykę afektu (lubię/nie lubię) oraz kognitywne mechanizmy obalania dezinformacji.

Biogram autora

Leonard Shedletsky - UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE

Department of Communication & Media Studies

Professor

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Opublikowane

2018-12-31

Jak cytować

Shedletsky, Leonard. 2018. „Seeing Bullshit Rhetorically: Human Encounters and Cultural Values”. "Res Rhetorica" 5 (4). https://doi.org/10.29107/rr2018.4.3.