Post-Truth: The New War on Truth and How to Fight Back - Softcover

D'Ancona, Matthew

 
9781785036873: Post-Truth: The New War on Truth and How to Fight Back
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1785036874 ISBN 13: 9781785036873
Verlag: Ebury Press, 2017

Inhaltsangabe

Welcome to the Post-Truth era― a time in which the art of the lie is shaking the very foundations of democracy and the world as we know it. The Brexit vote; Donald Trump’s victory; the rejection of climate change science; the vilification of immigrants; all have been based on the power to evoke feelings and not facts. So what does it all mean and how can we champion truth in in a time of lies and ‘alternative facts’?

In this eye-opening and timely book, Post-Truth is distinguished from a long tradition of political lies, exaggeration and spin. What is new is not the mendacity of politicians but the public’s response to it and the ability of new technologies and social media to manipulate, polarise and entrench opinion. Where trust has evaporated, conspiracy theories thrive, the authority of the media wilt and emotions matter more than facts .

Now, one of the UK’s most respected political journalists, Matthew d’Ancona investigates how we got here, why quiet resignation is not an option and how we can and must fight back.

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Matthew d'Ancona is a British journalist. He writes a weekly column for the Guardian and was previously editor of the Spectator. Matthew was the Sunday Telegraph's political columnist for 19 years. He also writes for the Evening Standard, the New York Times and GQ. Matthew is a visiting research fellow at Queen Mary University of London and author of several books including In It Together: The Inside Story of the Coalition.

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Welcome to the Post-Truth era? a time in which the art of the lie is shaking the very foundations of democracy and the world as we know it. The Brexit vote; Donald Trump’s victory; the rejection of climate change science; the vilification of immigrants; all have been based on the power to evoke feelings and not facts. So what does it all mean and how can we champion truth in in a time of lies and ‘alternative facts’?

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Verlag
Ebury Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2017
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1785036874
ISBN 13 
9781785036873
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
176
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