This open access book is the product of three years of academic research that has been carried out in the EU-funded Jean Monnet Network on “Post-Truth Politics, Nationalism and the Delegitimation of European Integration” since 2019. Drawing on the...
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This open access book is the product of three years of academic research that has been carried out in the EU-funded Jean Monnet Network on “Post-Truth Politics, Nationalism and the Delegitimation of European Integration” since 2019. Drawing on the multidisciplinary expertise of the network’s members, the book explores the impact of the phenomenon of post-truth politics on European integration and the European Union. It places particular emphasis on how post-truth politics has played out in the public sphere and asks what impact the phenomenon has had on public deliberation, but reflects also on its implications for democracy in a wider sense. This book is primarily written for audiences with an interest in politics and policy making, including academics, policy makers and civil-society actors. Thanks to its accessible style, the book should however also be an asset to wider audiences.
Maximilian Conrad and Guðmundur Hálfdanarson: Introduction : Europe in the age of post-truth politics
Saul Newman: Post-truth, postmodernism and the public sphere
John Erik Fossum: The context of fake news, disinformation and manipulation
Asimina Michailidou, Elisabeth Eike, and Hans-Jörg Trenz: Journalism, truth and the restoration of trust in democracy : tracing the EU 'fake news' strategy
Maximilian Conrad: From denouncing to defunding : the post-truth populist challenge to public-service media
Vittorio Orlando: Post-truth politics, Brexit, and European disintegration
Giulia Evolvi: "Europe is Christian, or it is not Europe" : post-truth politics and religion in Matteo Salvini's tweets
Verena K. Brändle: Claiming authority over 'truths' and 'facts' : information risk campaigns to prevent irregular migration
Anna Björk: Facts, narratives and migration : tackling disinformation at the European and UN level of governance
Sanna Malinen, Aki Koivula, Teo Keipi, and Arttu Saarinen: Shedding light on people's social media concerns through political party preference, media trust, and immigration attitudes
Gwenaëlle Bauvois and Niko Pyrhönen: In search for unexpected allies? : radical right remediation of 'the 2015 refugee crisis' on social media
Guðmundur Hálfdanarson and Maximilian Conrad: Concluding reflections on Europe in the age of post-truth politics
