Three ways in which digital researchers can shed light on the information politics of the “post-truth” era

Bounegru, Liliana (2017) Three ways in which digital researchers can shed light on the information politics of the “post-truth” era. Impact of Social Sciences Blog (06 Feb 2017). Website.

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Digital media played a prominent role in the recent US presidential election, with social media platforms channelling previously fringe universes of political culture, rooted in populism and post-truth politics, right into the mainstream of US political discourse. Meanwhile, traditional mechanisms, from polling to mainstream media, failed to adequately capture public sentiment around political events. Are new instruments needed to understand the socio-technical fabric of the post-truth political landscape? And what can digital researchers do to contribute? Liliana Bounegru outlines examples of approaches being developed at the Digital Methods Initiative that hope to assist digital researchers, data journalists, civil society groups and others looking to increase public understanding of these phenomena.

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences
Additional Information:	© 2017 The Author(s) CC BY 3.0
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Date Deposited:	22 Mar 2017 11:00
Last Modified:	11 Dec 2024 15:35
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/70092

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