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Book SynopsisThis 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.
Table of Contents1. Introduction: Europe in the Age of Post-Truth Politics (Maximilian Conrad Guðmundur Hálfdanarson)
Section I. Post-Truth Politics, Democracy and the Public Sphere
2. Post-Truth, Postmodernism and the Public Sphere (Saul Newman)
3. The Context of Fake News, Disinformation and Manipulation (john Erik Fossum)
4. Journalism, Truth and the Restoration of Trust in Democracy: Tracing the EU 'Fake News' Strategy (Asimina Michailidou, Hans-Jörg Trenz & Elisabeth Eike)
Section 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)
6. Post-Truth Politics, Brexit and European Disintegration (Vittorio Orlando)
7. "Europe is Christian, or it is not Europe": Post-Truth Politics and Religion in Matteo Salvini's Tweets (Giulia Evolvi)
Section III. Mediatization and Politicization of Immigration
8. Claiming Authority over 'Truths' and 'Facts': Information Risk Campaigns to Prevent Irregular Migration (Verena Katharina Brändle)
9. Facts, Narratives and Migration: Tackling Disinformation at the European and UN Level of Governance (Anna Björk)
10. Sheeding Light on People's Social Media Concerns Through Political Party Preference, Media Trust, and Immigration Attitudes (Sanna Malinen, Aki Koivula, Teo Keipi, Arttu Saarinen)
11. In Search for Unexpected Allies? Radical Right Remediation of 'the 2015 Refugee Crisis' on Social Media (Gwenaëlle Bauvois & Niko Pyrhönen)
12. Concluding Reflections on Europe in the Age of Post-Truth Politics (Guðmundur Hálfdanarson & Maximilian Conrad)
