JotCast | The Media and Democracy in a Post-Truth Era

The Media and Democracy in a Post-Truth Era

Sanchayan Joarder

2:07

Hello and welcome to the panel:The Media and Democracy in a Post-Truth Era

2:10

Host: In the farewell speech, Obama said that we are so imbued within our comfort zone that we end up accepting fake news. What exactly is post-truth and fake news?

First panelist- Post-truth means that we choose to believe what we believe. Fake news is false information under the guise of credible information.

2:14

Second panelist adds on to that by saying, "I agree with the definition. In the post-truth era we believe we want to believe. Fake news is based on the propaganda of the news agency to contribute to an ideological goal of the people in power."

2:20

Third panelist joins the discourse by saying, "Fake news can be sloppy reporting, fabricated information. Now here is the catch. People often confuse post-truth with post-fact. We maybe living in a post-truth world but not a post-fact one. Otherwise Trump wouldn't try to hide the facts under the carpet and pretend that everything is fine.

2:24

Fourth panelist joins the discussion by saying, "the term post-truth can often be used to dismiss certain kinds of facts. Post-truth is used as an excuse to stick to your opinions and dismiss facts.

2:30

Τόλμησε να ισχυριστεί σε κανονική δημοσιογράφο ότι τα #pushbacks είναι τουρκικά #FakeNews και φυσικά έφαγε μεγαλοπρεπή τάπα. Μετά άρχισε να ψελλίζει διάφορα, ότι αν υπάρχουν περιστατικά κλπ. Να τον χαίρεστε εσείς που τον ψηφίσατε.

The New York Times reports that the Greek government has secretly expelled over 1,000 refugees, abandoning them at sea. Greek PM @kmitsotakis says “it has not” happened: “We’ve been the victims of a significant misinformation campaign.”

2:32

Third panelist says, " We need to track the information that Trump is perpetuating as the truth and as journalists our job is to dig deep and seek the truth out of it.

2:33

Second panelist adds on to it, " In a lot of countries like China, Russia fake news is the rule and life. It is perpetuated to serve the political agenda and has entered our lives deeply. The question is whether we are fulfilling the responsibility to assess its credibility.

2:34

Host asks a question, " Can you about the other affects of misinformation?

2:36

Fourth panelist kicks in, " In Chicago money is a big factor, lack of space, lack of time. There is a sense of mission over there. There have been instances where the media was on the ground and did it's duty to give the right information. I hope it happens again.

2:37

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2:41

First panelist speaks about the relationship between local media and civic society by saying, "a lot of civic life happens in our community and is built by local news. There is a relation between health and civic life and local newsroom.

2:55

Host- How did fake news and post-truth came into existence? I want to ask about the business model of companies like Twitter etc. What does the business model do to the environment of reporting?

2:58

Second panelist answers the question, "Before the surge of social media there were filters to ascertain what was being said and ensure that what was said is factually correct. Social media has taken that away. Anybody can post anything on social media and get away with it. The lack of filers is one of the attributes of the business model of social media giants.

3:00

First panelist adds on to it, "There is a lot of anxiety around these tech companies and social media. What would it mean for the government to police these issues? Will it be constitutional? These questions prevent policing of information carriers.

@TruthPatroller False! Corporate America is NOT the collapse of civilization #debunked #fake #botactivity #posttruth #troll #hoax

3:03

Third panelist talks about Donald Trump, "Now Trump has Twitter at his doorstep where he has a lot of followers and influence. There is a guy named Wayne Barron who looked into ans revealed how Trump was influencing social media to perpetuate his propaganda. He died tonight. My deepest condolences.

3:04

Host asks, "I'd really like to know what exactly is the mainstream media.

Fourth panelist answers, "the question of whom to trust."

Host talks about the subjectivity of what amounts to mainstream media, " there will be people who'd say 'oh, you don't follow the mainstream media so you don't know about this' but I would say in return that I watched this in the mainstream media. We see a lot of subjectivity regarding the idea of mainstream media.

3:12

First panelist adds on to that and says, "digital startups have emerged. Almost everyone can be a publisher. You might be more likely to trust your local media outlet. If you ask what do you think about the mainstream media you will get a negative response. It is a bigger source than social media. Nevertheless, American society seems to be divided on that matter.

3:19

Just as the #MediaStudies debate resurfaces, the POTUS just influenced millions of citizens using the internet, based on something someone said they said on the internet, that they didn’t say.

#Misinformation turned into political spin & promoted as truth.

#PostTruth #FakeNews

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Thankyou for joining us on this panel!

3:21

Do you think fake news in today's generation is going off the charts?

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