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mods: One nation, two realities dueling facts in American democracy Marietta, Morgan creator author. Barker, David C. (David Christopher) 1969- author. text bibliography Electronic books. nyu 2019 monographic eng remote 1 online resource Americans no longer agree on basic questions of fact. Is climate change real? Does racism still determine who gets ahead? Is sexual orientation innate? Do immigration and free trade help or hurt the economy? Does gun control reduce violence? Employing several years of original survey data and experiments, Marietta and Barker reach a number of enlightening and provocative conclusions: dueling fact perceptions are not so much a product of hyper-partisanship or media propaganda as they are of simple value differences and deepening distrust of authorities. Part I. Concepts -- What smarter people have said about facts: philosophical and psychological foundations -- Dueling facts in political science -- Dueling facts in American politics -- Part II. Causes -- Your facts or mine? The psychology of fact perceptions -- The psychology of fact perceptions II: value projection -- Polarized leaders versus polarized values -- A theory of intuitive epistemology -- The roots of certainty: sacred values and sacred facts -- Part III. Consequences -- The democratic consequences of dueling facts -- Disdain and disengagement: the social and professional consequences of dueling fact perceptions -- Part IV. Correctives -- Political knowledge and fractured perceptions: education is not the answer -- Let facts be submitted to a candid world: fact-checking as a potential solution -- Citizen responses to fact-checking -- Symmetry, asymmetry, and durability -- Part V. Conclusion -- Conclusion: facts and values, knowledge and democracy. Morgan Marietta and David C. Barker. n-us--- Communication in politics Facts (Philosophy) Political aspects Public opinion Political aspects Political psychology United States United States Politics and government 21st century Public …