Schou Jannick (It University Of Copenhagen Denmark) - Post - Truth Fake News And Democracy Mapping The Politics Of Falsehood - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: The new edition of Post - Truth Fake News and Democracy offers an updated overview and critical discussion of contemporary discourses around truth misinformation and democracy while also mapping cutting - edge scholarship. Through in - depth analyses of news articles commentaries academic publications policy briefs and political speeches the book engages with the underlying normative ideas that shape how fake news is being addressed across the globe. Doing so it provides an innovative critical contribution to contemporary debates on democracy post - truth and politics. Three new chapters: Chapter 2 provides an outline of the scholarly field of research into fake news; Chapter 5 examines how issues of fake news and (mis)information have become intertwined with contemporary crisis events; and Chapter 9 presents democratic alternatives to post - truth solutionism. A new foreword by Professor Sarah Banet - Weiser. Fully updated examples and studies from contemporary events including the Covid - 19 pandemic the United States Capitol attack and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Extended discussions on the causes of democratic decline currently proposed solutions to fake news and democratic alternatives to our current predicament. Interesting informative and well documented Post - Truth Fake News and Democracy continues its commitment to understand and engage with the current state and future of democracy.
Title: Post - Truth Fake News And Democracy Mapping The Politics Of Falsehood
Author(s): Schou Jannick (It University Of Copenhagen Denmark)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9781032563039
Pages: 200 Pages, 2 Tables, Black And White; 1 Halftones, Black And White; 1 Illustrations, Black And White
Publication Date: 12/12/2023
Category: Press & Journalism