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title: '**Reflection on *Agnotology and Epistemological Fragmentation* by Maria Bisono**'

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# **Reflection on *Agnotology and Epistemological Fragmentation* by Maria Bisono**


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> **Terms From The Article** 
*Epistomology*: "How we know what we know"
*Agnotology*: "Strategic and purposeful production of ignorance "



The article *Agnotology and Epistemological fragmentation* depicts how we live in a world where social media can misinform us, making us believe individuals' biased opinions. We went from reading books to get the information we wanted to reading others conspiracy ideas and biased thoughts discarding scientific proof. In the article, we see serval examples of how this has been portrayed throughout the media. For example, when it comes to a political view, society is highly influenced and involved with politics. Still, unfortunately, with all the different online apps and media platforms, we can see an increase and spread of **FAKE NEWS** portrayed online, which is shown when fake political rumors resurface in the media. People tend to side with their own opinions, rejecting the idea of scientific and proven data. This article gives us a good understanding of how media portrays ignorance and unreliability and how people can take twitch things to get the outcomea they want to surface online.



![](https://i.imgur.com/5BHDSQy.png)
Picture reffrence: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20160105-the-man-who-studies-the-spread-of-ignorance 




### ***How Not To Be Ignorant About The World***
Link to TedX: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm5xF-UYgdg](https://)