Science on the Ropes Decline of Scientific Culture in the Era of Fake News /

• Main Author: Elías, Carlos (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Copernicus, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Technology.; Mass media.; Communication.; Engineering-Vocational guidance.; Culture-Study and teaching.; Popular Science in Technology.; Media Sociology.; Job Careers in Science and Engineering.; Popular Science in Cultural and Media Studies.

In this controversial essay, Carlos Elías addresses the worldwide phenomenon that is threatening the scientific and economic progress of Western countries. The rise and influence of magic and irrationality in the media, in social networks and at universities is a disturbing phenomenon: many Western...