This book reconceptualises the idea of "post-truth". It does not limit the domain of post-truth to the production factories of fake news. Drawing on examples such as Trump, War on Terror, anti-vaccination, climate change denial, denial of scientific facts about smoking, and so forth, it analyses the concept through a new theoretical lens which focuses on the specificity of post-truth discourses. Further, the volume develops a guide to operationalise post-truth discourse and makes use of Pakistan as a case study to illustrate post-truth discourses in Pakistani newspapers and implements an experiment to measure the effects of post-truth rhetoric on political attitudes.
The volume will be essential reading for students, scholars, and researchers of media and communication studies, politics, and South Asian studies.
| ISBN: | 9781032403786 |
| Publication date: | 29th July 2024 |
| Author: | Anam Kuraishi |
| Publisher: | Routledge India an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 224 pages |
| Genres: |
History News media and journalism Media studies Political campaigning and advertising Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics Literature: history and criticism |