Europe in the Age of Post-Truth Politics: Populism, Disinformation and the Public Sphere
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2023), xvii, 259 pp.
Contains index
Series: Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology
ISBN 978-3-031-13694-8 (ebook); 978-3-031-13693-1 (print)
CC BY
"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." (Publisher description)
1 Introduction: Europe in the Age of Post-Truth Politics / Maximilian Conrad and Guðmundur Hálfdanarson, 1
PART I. POST-TRUTH POLITICS, DEMOCRACY AND THE PUBLIC SPHERE
2 Post-Truth, Postmodernism and the Public Sphere / Saul Newman, 13
3 The Context of Fake News, Disinformation, and Manipulation / John Erik Fossum, 31
4 Journalism, Truth and the Restoration of Trust in Democracy: Tracing the EU 'Fake News' Strategy / Asimina Michailidou, Elisabeth Eike, and Hans-Jörg Trenz, 53
PART II. POST-TRUTH POPULISM AND THE DISINTEGRATION OF EUROPE
5 From Denouncing to Defunding: The Post-Truth Populist Challenge to Public-Service Media / Maximilian Conrad, 79
6 Post-Truth Politics, Brexit, and European Disintegration / Vittorio Orlando, 103
7 "Europe is Christian, or It Is Not Europe": Post-Truth Politics and Religion in Matteo Salvini's Tweets / Giulia Evolvi, 129
PART III. MEDIATISATION AND POLITICISATION OF IMMIGRATION
8 Claiming Authority Over 'Truths' and 'Facts': Information Risk Campaigns to Prevent Irregular Migration / Verena K. Brändle, 151
9 Facts, Narratives and Migration: Tackling Disinformation at the European and UN Level of Governance / Anna Björk, 177
10 Shedding Light on People's Social Media Concerns Through Political Party Preference, Media Trust, and Immigration Attitudes / Sanna Malinen, Aki Koivula, Teo Keipi, and Arttu Saarinen, 199
11 In Search for Unexpected Allies? Radical Right Remediation of 'the 2015 Refugee Crisis' on Social Media / Gwenaëlle Bauvois and Niko Pyrhönen, 223
PART IV. CONCLUSION
12 Concluding Reflections on Europe in the Age of Post-truth Politics / Guðmundur Hálfdanarson and Maximilian Conrad, 247
PART I. POST-TRUTH POLITICS, DEMOCRACY AND THE PUBLIC SPHERE
2 Post-Truth, Postmodernism and the Public Sphere / Saul Newman, 13
3 The Context of Fake News, Disinformation, and Manipulation / John Erik Fossum, 31
4 Journalism, Truth and the Restoration of Trust in Democracy: Tracing the EU 'Fake News' Strategy / Asimina Michailidou, Elisabeth Eike, and Hans-Jörg Trenz, 53
PART II. POST-TRUTH POPULISM AND THE DISINTEGRATION OF EUROPE
5 From Denouncing to Defunding: The Post-Truth Populist Challenge to Public-Service Media / Maximilian Conrad, 79
6 Post-Truth Politics, Brexit, and European Disintegration / Vittorio Orlando, 103
7 "Europe is Christian, or It Is Not Europe": Post-Truth Politics and Religion in Matteo Salvini's Tweets / Giulia Evolvi, 129
PART III. MEDIATISATION AND POLITICISATION OF IMMIGRATION
8 Claiming Authority Over 'Truths' and 'Facts': Information Risk Campaigns to Prevent Irregular Migration / Verena K. Brändle, 151
9 Facts, Narratives and Migration: Tackling Disinformation at the European and UN Level of Governance / Anna Björk, 177
10 Shedding Light on People's Social Media Concerns Through Political Party Preference, Media Trust, and Immigration Attitudes / Sanna Malinen, Aki Koivula, Teo Keipi, and Arttu Saarinen, 199
11 In Search for Unexpected Allies? Radical Right Remediation of 'the 2015 Refugee Crisis' on Social Media / Gwenaëlle Bauvois and Niko Pyrhönen, 223
PART IV. CONCLUSION
12 Concluding Reflections on Europe in the Age of Post-truth Politics / Guðmundur Hálfdanarson and Maximilian Conrad, 247
