It is widely asserted that we are now living in a post-truth society. What that means, this book argues, is that the contemporary global world is thoroughly inf

This edited volume looks at whether it is possible to be more transparent about uncertainty in scientific evidence without undermining public understanding and

‘Post-truth’ was Oxford Dictionaries 2016 word of the year. While the term was coined by its disparagers in the light of the Brexit and US presidential camp

This interdisciplinary collection of essays explores the impact of media, emerging technologies, and education on the resilience of the so-called post-truth soc

Western societies are under siege, as fake news, post-truth and alternative facts are undermining the very core of democracy. This dystopian narrative is curren