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Post-truthLee C. McIntyre

Post-truth

Lee C. McIntyre
2018240 pages
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5 editions · 2 languages

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"Are we living in a post-truth world, where “alternative facts” replace actual facts and feelings have more weight than evidence? How did we get here? In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Lee McIntyre traces the development of the post-truth phenomenon from science denial through the rise of “fake news,” from our psychological blind spots to the public's retreat into information silos. What, exactly, is post-truth? Is it wishful thinking, political spin, mass delusion, bold-faced lying? McIntyre analyzes recent examples?claims about inauguration crowd size, crime…

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5 editions · 2 languages
  • Other · English · 2018
    The MIT Press · 216 pages · 9780262535045
  • Other · English · 2018
    MIT Press · 240 pages · 9780262345965
  • Other · English · 2018
    MIT Press · 240 pages · 9780262345972
  • Other · English · 2018
    MIT Press · 240 pages · 9780262345989
  • Other · Spanish · 2018
    Posverdad
    Cátedra · 9788437638690
Politics and governmentIn mass mediaPublic opinionMass mediaTruthMass media and public opinionTruthfulness and falsehoodFaktizität