Institutions of epistemic vigilance: The case of the newspaper press. Szegofi, A. & Heintz, C. Social Epistemology, 36(5):613-628, Taylor & Francis, 2022. ![Institutions of epistemic vigilance: The case of the newspaper press [link]](https://bibbase.org/img/filetypes/link.svg "link")
Pdf doi abstract bibtex 2 downloads Can people efficiently navigate the modern communication environ- ment, and if yes, how? We hypothesize that in addition to psycholo- gical capacities of epistemic vigilance, which evaluate the epistemic value of communicated information, some social institutions have evolved for the same function. Certain newspapers for instance, imple- ment processes, distributed among several experts and tools, whose function is to curate information. We analyze how information cura- tion is done at the institutional level and what challenges it meets. We also investigate what factors favor the cultural evolution of institu- tions of epistemic vigilance: these include people?s preference for accurate and reliable information and their ability to assess commu- nicated information in view of the source?s epistemic authority; but also contingent historical factors that make it worth ? or not ? to contribute to the maintenance of institutions of epistemic vigilance. We conclude the paper by considering the challenges and vulnerabil- ities of these institutions in the Digital Age.
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