Post-truth: Phenomenon, Impact, Consequences
$43.00
Author: | Edited by M Asaduddin |
ISBN 13: | 9789382178415 |
Binding: | Hardbound |
Language: | English |
Year: | 2022 |
Subject: | Anthropology and Sociology/Social problems Social welfare |
About the Book
... The phenomenon of post-truth, as it has developed so far, essentially means production and consumption of emotion and perception through an elaborate and well-crafted ecosystem of lies, half-truth, fake news, doctored data/ reports, gut feeling, trolls and rumours, all of which together create an infosmog where it becomes impossible for the citizenry to distinguish between truth and falsehood. In fact, the ecosystem creates conditions whereby people are not even inclined to confirm or investigate the truth even if it were possible to do so, and instead surrender themselves to herd mentality and groupthink to spin narratives that are patently false and can, potentially, be racist, anti-minority, misogynist, homophobic and majoritarian, often leading to violent consequences ... The volume deals with the phenomenon of post-truth and the menacing turn it has taken in the last couple of years. It discusses a fairly wide range of printed texts and films that explore various dimensions of post-truth as it increasingly impacts our daily lives and academic domains. Extremely topical, the volume will be helpful to academics and researchers in making sense of the communicative abundance of our time and how to use it circumspectly to gain clarity on the most urgent issues of the day amidst so much of fake news and doctored images.