Towards a New Paradigm on Post-Truth

By Anam Kuraishi

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032434309
• ISBN13: 9781032434308
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: Routledge India
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"