
Wednesday Jun 29, 2022
Post-truth and the media
Catherine Happer has sought to use her understanding of the sociology of the media to explore the post-truth narrative ever since it emerged. In this wide-ranging conversation, we discuss the role of journalism and academia in driving the narrative, the issue of public trust in the media, modes of media engagement, and much more.
Highlights
- Public trust, journalism and the emergence of the post-truth story
- Possible reasons for the uncritical adoption of the notion
- Modes of media engagement, role of elites
- Social media: past, present and future
- Dangers of universalizing the US experience
Links
See my article in The Philosophical Salon for links to many of the sources discussed in the episode.
The post-truth crisis of mainstream media (Catherine Happer, Research in Sociology, University of Glasgow)
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