REVIEW: Exposing reality about the mythic ‘age of truth’

Myth of ‘Free Media’ and Fake News in the Post-truth Era, by Kalinga Seneviratne. New Delhi, India: Sage. 2020, 348 pages. ISBN 9789353881276 Mindful Communication for Sustainable Development: Perspectives from Asia, edited by Kalinga Seneviratne. New Delhi, India: Sage: 2018, 353 pages. ISBN 97...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:af25246c6e1b467692ab430f11e388762021-12-02T14:05:19ZREVIEW: Exposing reality about the mythic ‘age of truth’10.24135/pjr.v26i2.11481023-94992324-2035https://doaj.org/article/af25246c6e1b467692ab430f11e388762020-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/1148https://doaj.org/toc/1023-9499https://doaj.org/toc/2324-2035 Myth of ‘Free Media’ and Fake News in the Post-truth Era, by Kalinga Seneviratne. New Delhi, India: Sage. 2020, 348 pages. ISBN 9789353881276 Mindful Communication for Sustainable Development: Perspectives from Asia, edited by Kalinga Seneviratne. New Delhi, India: Sage: 2018, 353 pages. ISBN 9789352805518 POST-TRUTH? Was there ever really such a thing as the Golden Age of Truth as trumpeted by the liberal Western press? According to Kalinga Seneviratne in his latest challenging book, quite simply ‘no’. In some countries, such as New Zealand, fake news and the manipulation of half-truths and disinformation has been dismissed as a by-product of the Trump era in the White House and the Brexit debacle. David RobieAsia Pacific Networkarticlecoronaviruscovid-19balancedisinformationfairnessfake newsCommunication. Mass mediaP87-96Journalism. The periodical press, etc.PN4699-5650ENPacific Journalism Review, Vol 26, Iss 2 (2020)
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topic coronavirus
covid-19
balance
disinformation
fairness
fake news
Communication. Mass media
P87-96
Journalism. The periodical press, etc.
PN4699-5650
spellingShingle coronavirus
covid-19
balance
disinformation
fairness
fake news
Communication. Mass media
P87-96
Journalism. The periodical press, etc.
PN4699-5650
David Robie
REVIEW: Exposing reality about the mythic ‘age of truth’
description Myth of ‘Free Media’ and Fake News in the Post-truth Era, by Kalinga Seneviratne. New Delhi, India: Sage. 2020, 348 pages. ISBN 9789353881276 Mindful Communication for Sustainable Development: Perspectives from Asia, edited by Kalinga Seneviratne. New Delhi, India: Sage: 2018, 353 pages. ISBN 9789352805518 POST-TRUTH? Was there ever really such a thing as the Golden Age of Truth as trumpeted by the liberal Western press? According to Kalinga Seneviratne in his latest challenging book, quite simply ‘no’. In some countries, such as New Zealand, fake news and the manipulation of half-truths and disinformation has been dismissed as a by-product of the Trump era in the White House and the Brexit debacle.
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