Trumping Truth: Essays on the Destructive Power of "Alternative Facts" - Couverture souple

 
9781476679099: Trumping Truth: Essays on the Destructive Power of "Alternative Facts"
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1476679096 ISBN 13 : 9781476679099
Editeur : McFarland & Co Inc, 2019

Synopsis

When Kellyanne Conway, counselor to President Trump, coined the phrase "alternative facts" in January 2017, objectivity in public discourse--the long-held belief in a more or less agreed-upon set of verifiable truths--went into a tailspin. The use of alternative facts and narratives quickly became the go-to rhetorical strategy, especially among Trump's administration and base. Rebuttals based on fact-checking and hard data were demoted to mere choices in a media bazaar where consumers are free to source their own versions of reality.

This volume explores the social and political disruption accompanying the loss of faith in objectivity, along with reflections on the disregard for truth and honesty, both within the Trump Administration and in contemporary popular culture.

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À propos de l?auteur

Salvador Jimenez Murguia is associate professor of sociology at Akita International University in Japan.

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Éditeur
McFarland & Co Inc
Date d'édition
2019
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1476679096
ISBN 13 
9781476679099
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
251
Éditeur
Murguía Salvador Jiménez
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Personne responsable
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