Fake News and Populism: New Threats to Public Trust
The article analyses the growing distrust of cultural intermediaries and social and political actors, fuelled by phenomena such as fake news, disinformation and denialism. Indeed, post-modernity has eroded trust in traditional media, facilitating the dissemination of unverified information and makin...
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| description | The article analyses the growing distrust of cultural intermediaries and social and political actors, fuelled by phenomena such as fake news, disinformation and denialism. Indeed, post-modernity has eroded trust in traditional media, facilitating the dissemination of unverified information and making it difficult to discern between reliable and unreliable sources. Events such as the Covid-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine conflict highlight how communication strategies can profoundly influence public perception. In this context, populism exploits simplifications and emotionally charged narratives, promoting alternative versions of truth that challenge official narratives and contribute to a further polarization of society. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-04376380fadb421a974ecd85a23fbf212025-08-20T02:15:40ZdeuFirenze University PressSocietàMutamentoPolitica: Rivista Italiana di Sociologia2038-31502024-10-01153017718210.36253/smp-1545614293Fake News and Populism: New Threats to Public TrustFrancesco Pira0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6842-2950Roberta Casagrande1University of Messina, ItalyUniversità degli Studi di Messina, ItalyThe article analyses the growing distrust of cultural intermediaries and social and political actors, fuelled by phenomena such as fake news, disinformation and denialism. Indeed, post-modernity has eroded trust in traditional media, facilitating the dissemination of unverified information and making it difficult to discern between reliable and unreliable sources. Events such as the Covid-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine conflict highlight how communication strategies can profoundly influence public perception. In this context, populism exploits simplifications and emotionally charged narratives, promoting alternative versions of truth that challenge official narratives and contribute to a further polarization of society.https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/smp/article/view/15456democracydisinformationfake newspopulismtrust |
| spellingShingle | Francesco Pira Roberta Casagrande Fake News and Populism: New Threats to Public Trust SocietàMutamentoPolitica: Rivista Italiana di Sociologia democracy disinformation fake news populism trust |
| title | Fake News and Populism: New Threats to Public Trust |
| title_full | Fake News and Populism: New Threats to Public Trust |
| title_fullStr | Fake News and Populism: New Threats to Public Trust |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fake News and Populism: New Threats to Public Trust |
| title_short | Fake News and Populism: New Threats to Public Trust |
| title_sort | fake news and populism new threats to public trust |
| topic | democracy disinformation fake news populism trust |
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