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The Fondation Descartes is a citizen-based, non-partisan, and independent European foundation dedicated to information-based issues.

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Category: Book (Documentation Centre)

The Tyranny of Visibility, a new democratic cult

A lobster platter or a yellow vest, a candidate's suit or an American president's tweet – we either choose to be visible or we suffer from it, but we can […]

Disinformation, Weapons of falsehood

Fake news, hoaxes, conspiracy theories, rumors? Disinformation would appear to be everywhere, and the truth nowhere to be found. These questions preoccupy our societies, in which the Internet seemingly allows […]

Rumours and urban legends

Urban legends refer to astonishing but false or unverified stories that circulate in modern societies: for example, the anecdote of a small dog being dried in a microwave oven, the […]

Useless knowledge

Never before has communication been so fast and so present. Never, therefore, in theory, have political, economic and cultural decision-makers worked in better conditions, and never has public opinion had […]

Storytelling: the mind-forming machine

Humanity has always known how to cultivate the art of storytelling, an art at the heart of social bonds. But since the 1990s, in the United States and then in […]

Power and Opinion : political and social psychology essay

In this book, Alfred Sauvy studies the frightening gap between the mentality of the man of action and the man of science. He shows that, in this century which inherits […]

Understanding the media

In a culture like ours, long accustomed to splitting and dividing all things as a means of control, it is sometimes a bit of a shock to be reminded that, […]

Propaganda, communication and public opinion

Three major trends have shaped the character and ordered the development of American communication channels. The first has been the rise of democracy. The second is the technological and industrial […]

Rumors: Uses, Interpretations and Images

Today, rumours are everywhere: in the media, on the Internet, in the corridors, in conversations. Whether we call it rumour, buzz or urban legend, it permeates all sectors of daily […]

Lying and Insincerity

Andreas Stokke presents a comprehensive study of lying and insincere language use. He investigates how lying relates to other forms of insincerity and explores the kinds of attitudes that go […]

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