Trump and circumstance: introducing the post-truth claim as an instrument for investigating truth contestation in public discourse

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14560%2F23%3A00133997" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14560/23:00133997 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2021.2020322" target="_blank" >https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2021.2020322</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2021.2020322" target="_blank" >10.1080/1369118X.2021.2020322</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Trump and circumstance: introducing the post-truth claim as an instrument for investigating truth contestation in public discourse

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The idea of post-factual politics has become increasingly relevant for describing current political and societal developments. Though research on the topic has been blooming, we lack a common framework and systematic tool to map and analyze post-truth communication. Therefore, our paper advances the adaptation of claims-making for the analysis of how actors relativize the truth and use discourses of untruthfulness to attack their opponents, constructing their own versions of reality. We extend the affinity between populism and post-truth to conceptualize truth contestation in two aspects: (1) the antagonistic anti-elite constructions of accusations of creating and spreading false information and lies, (2) the emphasis on emotionality and negativity over facts and expertise. Building on a communication-centered approach to populism, we define key content and stylistic characteristics of post-truth claims to study the contestation of truth in political communication in a systematic way. Taking the Twitter communication of Donald Trump as a prime example, we illustrate the employability of our approach via a pilot study on the longest period of shutdown in US history (22 December 2018–25 January 2019). As a result, we introduce claims analysis as an approach that can be usefully adapted to study post-truth discourses.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Trump and circumstance: introducing the post-truth claim as an instrument for investigating truth contestation in public discourse

Popis výsledku anglicky

The idea of post-factual politics has become increasingly relevant for describing current political and societal developments. Though research on the topic has been blooming, we lack a common framework and systematic tool to map and analyze post-truth communication. Therefore, our paper advances the adaptation of claims-making for the analysis of how actors relativize the truth and use discourses of untruthfulness to attack their opponents, constructing their own versions of reality. We extend the affinity between populism and post-truth to conceptualize truth contestation in two aspects: (1) the antagonistic anti-elite constructions of accusations of creating and spreading false information and lies, (2) the emphasis on emotionality and negativity over facts and expertise. Building on a communication-centered approach to populism, we define key content and stylistic characteristics of post-truth claims to study the contestation of truth in political communication in a systematic way. Taking the Twitter communication of Donald Trump as a prime example, we illustrate the employability of our approach via a pilot study on the longest period of shutdown in US history (22 December 2018–25 January 2019). As a result, we introduce claims analysis as an approach that can be usefully adapted to study post-truth discourses.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50601 - Political science

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GJ19-14575Y" target="_blank" >GJ19-14575Y: Soutěž o pravdu: Veřejný diskurz o migraci ve střední Evropě v post-faktuální éře</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Information, Communication & Society

ISSN

1369-118X

e-ISSN

1468-4462

Svazek periodika

26

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

8

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

18

Strana od-do

1583-1600

Kód UT WoS článku

000734790000001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85121866976