As Internet memes and fake news permeate our collective mediascapes, a return to reasoned, balanced, and civil discourse appears to be the antidote to sensationalism. This essay argues that reason often falls short and that knowledge must be situated within the technologies that produce and disseminate it.

fake news, big data, knowledge, technology, media
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2018
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