Post-Truth and the Mediation of Reality: New Conjunctures

Overell, Rosemary; Nicholls, Brett

Our contemporary moment is preoccupied with arbitrating ‘reality’. With the spectre of buzzwords like ‘fake news’ and ‘post-truth’ we find a scramble to locate or fix some sort of universal ‘real’ beneath what are positioned as ‘fake’ articulations. To engage with this crisis, this collection argues for the importance of a new conjuncture in communication and cultural studies of media. Building on Hall’s understanding of ‘conjuncture’ as a way of grasping moments within hegemonic struggle, the essays suggest that the current moment requires a revitalization of the concept of conjuncture. 

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2019-11-05

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9783030256692

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-25670-8

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 215