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Post truth

‘Post-truth’ was declared 2016’s word of the year by Oxford Dictionaries, defined as “circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief”.

A huge spike in the term during 2016 is attributed to the UK’s vote to leave the European Union and Donald Trump’s election as US president.

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21 Sep 2023

5 min read
I am become Karen, destroyer of worlds: How we all got wrapped up in our own ‘truth’
The Drum Network
Media

22 Jan 2018

3 min read
Trust in traditional media rose in 2017 but a fifth of Brits completely ignore the news
fake news
Media ads

23 Nov 2017

13 min read
How media brands are using marketing to turn accusations of fake news into page views
fake news
Andrew Eborn

16 May 2017

5 min read
The real power of statistics in a post-truth world
Opinion
Google SEO

25 Apr 2017

2 min read
Google alters Search to demote sites sharing 'fake news' and offensive content
Google
Facebook Fake News

06 Apr 2017

3 min read
Facebook plans to pay fact-checkers and posts educational ads tackling fake news on its news...
Facebook
One Minute Briefs - International Fake News Day

01 Apr 2017

9 min read
It's International Fake News Day – here are the best (totally legit) ads from One Minute...
One Minute Briefs
Fakers

01 Apr 2017

7 min read
On International Fake News Day, see which spurious storymongers have won The Fakers Awards
fake news
Amanda Lim

31 Mar 2017

2 min read
Back to awe: in a post-truth era, advertising is becoming too truthful
Opinion

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