Infodemic in the Era of Post-Truth

This book provides a timely contribution to the extant literature from comprehensively and systematically conceptualizing "infodemic" and "post-truth" in the context of COVID-19.

List of contents

1. Conceptualizing the "Post-truth" 2. Information Sources and News Consumption Habitus 3. Social Media as a Pandora's Box 4. News Media Literacy as a Silver Lining 5. Concluding Remarks

About the author

Yan Su is an Assistant Professor in the School of Journalism and Communication at Peking University, China. Dr. Su specialises in media effects, emerging communication technologies, health communication, and computational social sciences.

Product details

• Authors: Yan Su, Su Yan
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.05.2025
• EAN: 9781032625263
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3262526-3
• No. of pages: 138
• Series: China Perspectives
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Media science; History, Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, Humanities