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Fake news and post-truth in electioneering : Getting past the anger stage

Klintman, Mikael LU orcid (2019)
Abstract
Most of us are fed up of the incessant media coverage of fake news and dishonest political campaigns.

We might be fed-up. But at the same time we can’t help but repeatedly mumble our common-sense complaints about a world we don’t recognise: ‘How can even apparently intelligent people believe in fake news about the major issues of this election? Brexit, anti-scientific claims dismissing climate change, and fake news about the NHS and trade deals?’ ‘How can so many people continue to fall for Boris Johnson’s trick of repeating his unsubstantiated claims until these claims somehow become the truth to the media? (The text continues, please click weblink!)
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keywords
Brexit, UK election, Knowledge resistance, Ignorance
categories
Popular Science
pages
2 pages
publisher
Manchester University Press
project
Knowledge Resistance: Understanding and Managing Avoidance of Insights from the Others
language
English
LU publication?
yes
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cceefaed-3857-428b-b8fe-aa2d27352955
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https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/articles/fake-news-and-post-truth-in-electioneering-getting-past-the-anger-stage/
date added to LUP
2019-12-17 21:54:33
date last changed
2022-03-24 02:34:15
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  publisher    = {{Manchester University Press}},
  title        = {{Fake news and post-truth in electioneering : Getting past the anger stage}},
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  year         = {{2019}},
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