Anti-intellectualism among US students in journalism and mass communication: A cultural perspective

McDevitt, Michael A.; Parks, Perry; Stalker, Jordan; Lerner, Kevin M.; Benn, Jesse; Hwang, Taisik

doi:10.1177/1464884917710395

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“…Misperceptions and emotional reactions reflect what people are most worried about. The public has lost trust in technology companies, academics, and the government ( McDevitt et al, 2017 ; Donovan and boyd, 2019 ). They are concerned by a dystopian future of governments tracking and controlling the public.…”

Section: Current Constructions Of Knowledge Regarding Insertable Devicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Socio-technical context for insertable devices

Heffernan

Vetere²,

Chang³

2022

Front. Psychol.

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In this article, we show that voluntarily inserting devices inside the body is contested and seek to understand why. This article discusses insertables as a source of contestation. To describe and understand the social acceptability, reactions toward, and rhetoric surrounding insertable devices, we examine (i) the technical capabilities of insertable devices (the technical context), (ii) human reactions toward insertables (the social context), and (iii) the regulatory environment. The paper offers explanations to the misperceptions about insertables.

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Section: Current Constructions Of Knowledge Regarding Insertable Devicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Socio-technical context for insertable devices

Heffernan

Vetere²,

Chang³

2022

Front. Psychol.

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“…Nonetheless, xenophobia and anti-intellectualism can be found even in some of the most democratic countries, such as the UK (Bristow and Robinson, 2018) and the United States (Peters, 2018). One cause of negative attitudes towards multiculturality is the anti-intellectualism associated with right-wing K 49,7 authoritarianism and dogmatism (Eigenberger and Sealander, 2001), opposition to freedom of thought (Marques et al, 2017), anti-rationalism and populist anti-elitism (McDevitt et al, 2018) and racism and xenophobia (Bristow and Robinson, 2018). Consequently, one can argue that people who are more interested in intellectual development are also more open to multicultural diversity.…”

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“…Moreover, several studies have shown that students are increasingly less interested in theory and expect schools and universities to provide them with more practical skills (Br atianu and V at am anescu, 2016; Bozionelos et al, 2016). This lack of intellectual curiosity and desire for knowledge has been associated with antirationalism and populist anti-elitism (McDevitt et al, 2018), less negative perceptions of cheating (Elias, 2009), right-wing authoritarianism and dogmatism (Eigenberger and Sealander, 2001) and racism and xenophobia (Bristow and Robinson, 2018).…”

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Students’ attitudes towards knowledge and the future of work

Frunzaru

Corbu

2020

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate to what extent secondary school students’ interest in intellectual development influences key abilities necessary to cope with the future of work. In the ever-changing world of work, deeply influenced by new technologies and cultural diversity in the workforce, young people must develop three essential traits to increase their capacity to quickly adapt to the situation in the labour market: openness to lifelong learning, critical thinking skills related to online information (of which online fact-checking is a key component) and openness to a multicultural society. In this paper, it is argued that these traits are directly related to young people’s interest in intellectual development but that additional interdependencies between these three traits complicate this equation. Design/methodology/approach The authors conducted a survey of secondary school students in the 12th grade (N = 1221). A hypothesized conceptual model was tested with AMOS software for structural equation modelling. Findings The findings show that students who are more interested in intellectual development are more open to lifelong learning. The relationship between intellectualism and lifelong learning is also mediated by online fact-checking. Moreover, the higher the interest in lifelong learning, the higher the openness to multiculturality. There is, however, no direct relationship between interest in intellectual development and multiculturality. Practical implications The results of this study will help making recommendations to three key stakeholders: young people, teachers and policymakers. They could have a practical impact on the labour market in the future. Originality/value This paper examines a topic that has not been systematically studied, namely, the possible influence of intellectualism on the future of work. The findings highlight the possible negative effects of a lack of interest in intellectual development on lifelong learning, living and working in a multicultural environment and processing online information.

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“…The recent decade has brought an unprecedented rise in anti-scientific and anti-intellectual movements in Western countries [ 1 , 2 ]. The trust in science and the traditional hierarchies of knowledge is declining [ 2 ], and the process can be linked to the general growth of distrust in social institutions and governments [ 3 ].…”

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Climate change, vaccines, GMO: The N400 effect as a marker of attitudes toward scientific issues

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While the psychological predictors of antiscience beliefs have been extensively studied, neural underpinnings of the antiscience beliefs have received relatively little interest. The aim of the current study is to investigate whether attitudes towards the scientific issues are reflected in the N400 potential. Thirty-one individuals were asked to judge whether six different issues presented as primes (vaccines, medicines, nuclear energy, solar energy, genetically-modified organisms (GMO), natural farming) are well-described by ten positive and ten negative target words. EEG was recorded during the task. Furthermore, participants were asked to rate their own expertise in each of the six topics. Both positive and negative target words related to GMO elicited larger N400, than targets associated with vaccines and natural farming. The results of the current study show that N400 may be an indicator of the ambiguous attitude toward scientific issues.

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Anti-intellectualism among US students in journalism and mass communication: A cultural perspective

Cited by 7 publications

References 29 publications

Socio-technical context for insertable devices

Socio-technical context for insertable devices

Students’ attitudes towards knowledge and the future of work

Climate change, vaccines, GMO: The N400 effect as a marker of attitudes toward scientific issues

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