书目名称 | Social Media and the Post-Truth World Order |
副标题 | The Global Dynamics |
编辑 | Gabriele Cosentino |
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概述 | Discusses post-truth not merely as a Western issue, but as a problematic political and cultural condition with global ramifications.Examines some of the examples that demonstrate the global diffusion |
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描述 | .This book discusses post-truth not merely as a Western issue, but as a problematic political and cultural condition with global ramifications. By locating the roots of the phenomenon in the trust crisis suffered by liberal democracy and its institutions, the book argues that post-truth serves as a space for ideological conflicts and geopolitical power struggles that are reshaping the world order. The era of post-truth politics is thus here to stay, and its reach is increasingly global: Russian trolls organizing events on social media attended by thousands of unaware American citizens; Turkish pro-government activists amplifying on Twitter conspiracy theories concocted via Internet imageboards by online subcultures in the United States; American and European social media users spreading fictional political narratives in support of the Syrian regime; and Facebook offering a platform for a harassment campaign by Buddhist ultra-nationalists in Myanmar that led to the killing of thousands of Muslims. These are just some of the examples that demonstrate the dangerous effects of the Internet-driven global diffusion of disinformation and misinformation. Grounded on a theoretical framework |
出版日期 | Book 2020 |
关键词 | 2016 Election; Trump; Fake News; Epistemic Crisis; Media; Democracy; YouTube; Facebook; Twitter; Social Media |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43005-4 |
isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-43007-8 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-030-43005-4 |
copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerl |