Guns, lies and sex tapes: how the primacy of emotions over reason gave us fake news (and Trump!) Adam Blackwell ProQuest

1. G u n s , L i e s , a n d S e x Ta p e s :
H o w t h e P r i m a c y o f E m o t i o n s
O v e r R e a s o n G a v e U s F a k e
N e w s ( a n d T r u m p ! )
UKSG (April 10, 2018)
Adam Blackwell
ProQuest

2. A Close Call
2
bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/features/greatest-films-all-time/forever-falling-vertigo

3. PQ Research Companion Data
3
pqrc.proquest.com

4. The Hardest Question of All (?)
4

5. The Real Hardest Question
5

6. More than Half a Million Data Points
6

7. America’s Gun Debate
7Design by Michael Blackwell

8. The Strange Case of Dr. Lott
8
If national surveys are
correct, 98 percent of the
time that people use guns
defensively, they merely have
to brandish a weapon to
break off an attack.”
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/M/bo6686900.html
“

9. 9
The Strange Case of Dr. Lott
asc41.com/Criminologist/2000/September-October%202000.htm
“. . . an unfortunate
computer crash lost
my hard disk right
before the final draft
of the book had to be
turned in”

10. 10
The Strange Case of Dr. Lott
openclipart.org/detail/236749/female-student-portrait
Mary Rosh

11. 11
The Strange Case of Dr. Lott
twitter.com/mary_uh_rosh

12. 12
The Strange Case of Dr. Lott
foxnews.com/opinion/2014/08/06/dear-
dartmouth-am-one-your-students-am-being-
stalked-please-let-me-carry-gun-to.html
scienceblogs.com/deltoid/2003/07/11/lottreviews
archive.is/9HZ7w

13. 13
The Strange Case of Dr. Lott
hausrules.us/hausrules-monday-guest-more-guns-less-crime-author-john-r-lott-jr

14. Why Pro-gun Academics Still Cite Lott
14
Because they
want to.

15. A Reasonable Assumption
15
mexlol.com/the-dog-ate-my-homework/

16. What If . . . ?
16
mexlol.com/the-dog-ate-my-homework/

17. Bacon Nails It!
17
“The human understanding, once it
has adopted opinions, either
because they were already
accepted and believed, or because
it likes them, draws everything else
to support and agree with them.” –
Sir Francis Bacon (1620)

18. T h e F a k e N e w s P r o b l e m i s
F a r, F a r Wo r s e a n d Wa y
M o r e I n t r a c t a b l e t h a n Yo u
E v e r I m a g i n e d , E v e n i n Yo u r
Wo r s t N i g h t m a r e s !

19. Educators, Not Engineers
19
against-the-grain.com

20. “Tectonic” Shift in Information
Consumption
20
oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/tectonics.html

21. Information Literacy Shift
21

22. Different Source Types
22

23. The Show Presentation so Far
23
youtube.com/watch?v=RnQyuINZ0bE

24. Impact on Election
24
politico.com/story/2016/05/donald-trump-amish-voters-223669

25. Allcott/Gentzkow Model
25
web.stanford.edu/~gentzkow/research/fakenews.pdf

26. 26
Consensus
“I’m an intuitive person.” – Donald Trump (July
2016)
“You will have your biggest successes when you go
with your gut.” – Donald Trump (February 2013)

27. Approve/Disapprove
27

28. Unpopular Polices
28
uk.businessinsider.com/betsy-devos-trump-education-secretary-common-core-choice-2016-11?r=US&IR=T

29. Unproductive Engagement
29
pixabay.com/en/woman-tan-grinning-staring-hands-306357/
Barbara

30. Second Presidential Debate
30
nytimes.com/slideshow/2016/10/20/us/the-third-presidential-debate/s/21debate0ss-slide-RY4U.html

31. 31
Second Presidential Debate
twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/781788223055994880?lang=en

32. Big Cats
32
https://www.flickr.com/photos/brighton/1814428718

33. Mindful Resistance
33
vox.com/the-big-idea/2017/10/2/16394320/mindful-resistance-key-defeating-trump-mindfulness

34. Back at the U
34
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dannybirchall/6371778045

35. Our Main Problem
35
pixabay.com/en/meditation-view-sunrise-sky-peace-2240777/

36. To continue the conversation . . .
Email: Adam.Blackwell@proquest.com