Myth of 'free media' and fake news in the post-truth era / Kalinga Seneviratne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Seneviratne, Kalinga, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media--Moral and ethical aspects.

Mass media.

Fake news.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (326 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st edition.

Place of Publication:

Mathura Road : SAGE Publications Pvt Ltd, 2020.

Summary:

Myth of Free Media and Fake News in the Post-truth Era reveals the story of fake news hysteria and myth of free media in the post-truth world order, starting from the question of whether there has really been a truth era.The book examines how the news media is battling for relevance in the age of Internet. It shows how the wave of media liberalization has weakened the basic premise of Libertarian Media Function Theory, which states that the media is the Fourth Estate that protects the citizens from abuse of power by the government. It analyses how excessive commercialization of the media and the commodification of news has changed journalism globally. The book recommends a new paradigm and explains how it can be used to transform news reporting from an adversarial model to a human-centric one.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

List of Abbreviations

Preface

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1 Media Function Theories

Chapter 2 Media in Crisis

Chapter 3 Did We Ever Have a Truth Era?

Chapter 4 Imbalances in News

Chapter 5 Dawn of the Post-Truth Era?

Chapter 6 Human Rights

Chapter 7 Neoliberalism Breeding Inequality

Chapter 8 Redefining Journalistic Ethics

Chapter 9 Fake News Hysteria

Chapter 10 Fighting the Gloomwith New Thinking

Appendix A Obama's Final Asian Tour 'Unpivots' US War Crimes in Asia

Appendix B Rounding Up Coca-Colonization

References

Index

About the Author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789353287856

9353287855

9789353286750

9353286751

9789353286767

935328676X

OCLC:

1127567718