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The crisis of democratic culture?
Bendall, Mark J. Robertson, Christopher
Bendall, Mark J.
Robertson, Christopher
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2018-09-01
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This piece assesses the risk of disinformation primarily, but not exclusively, in
the Anglo-American context. It unpicks assumptions behind post-truth and
fake news; considers precedents for disinformation and queries the extent of
its novelty. Are these manageable challenges to democratic cultures or a crisis?
It concludes that whatever the terminological tangles, industrialized disinformation
signal threats to the public sphere, threats underscored by historical
events highlighting the vulnerability of democracy. Yet threats to democratic
systems have not deleted their scrutinizing capabilities from below (voters)
and from above (the legislature). Therefore challenges, for all their potency
and potential, have not yet reached crisis.
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Bendall, M. J., & Robertson, C. (2018). Crisis of democratic culture. International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics, 14(3), 383-91.https://doi.org/10.1386/macp.14.3.383_7
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Intellect
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International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics
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10.1386/macp.14.3.383_7
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en
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Analysis of whether post truth narratives register as a fundamental threat to democratic cultures in anglo-American context.
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1740-8296