Sorensen, L. orcid.org/0000-0002-3995-2055 and Krämer, B. (2024) The shift to authenticity: a framework for analysis of political truth claims. Communication Theory. qtae013. ISSN 1050-3293
Abstract
It is often claimed that political disinformation is more abundant than ever, that populists are particularly prone to lying, and that we live in an era of post-truth or epistemic relativism. Contrary to these views, we interpret this historical trend as a shift from objective to authentic forms of political truth claims. We develop a diagnostic framework that captures different types of political truth claims and their distinct elements. This framework enables interrogation and understanding of the current state of epistemic contestation and change. The rise of both populist and deliberative approaches to democracy, which we use as key examples, are indicators of a gradual shift towards a greater importance of authenticity in the public sphere. We nuance this proposition by distinguishing between different forms of authenticity employed by populist and deliberative politics: communicative authenticity in deliberative politics and original and personal authenticity in populist politics.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2024. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of International Communication Association. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | post-truth, truth claims, authenticity, populism, deliberation |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Media & Communication (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 09 Jul 2024 08:01 |
Last Modified: | 09 Jul 2024 08:01 |
Published Version: | https://academic.oup.com/ct/advance-article/doi/10... |
Status: | Published online |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press (OUP) |
Identification Number: | 10.1093/ct/qtae013 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:214580 |
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