" Truth is like the sun, you can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away. "
- Elvis Presley.
Hello readers! Here I am going to write down a blog. In this blog, I am going to present my thinking and knowledge about the term post - truth. This blog is inspired by Dr. Dilip sir barad, Department of English, Mkbu. This blog is a part of our sunday reading.
This term is most often used in post - truth politics. A political philosophy which stresses emotion and personal prejudices over objective fact or specific policy. A related term is " Post - Truthers. "
Definitions of post - truth:-
According to Cambridge dictionary;
" Post - truth means, relating to a situation in which people are more likely to accept an argument based on their emotions and beliefs, rather than one based on facts. "
According to Oxford dictionary;
" Post - truth is an adjective defined as relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal beliefs. "
So, after this discussion now we all are quite aware about the word post - truth. We can say that it is more connected with one's emotion rather than what is actuals fact.
While we are discussing about post - truth we have one question that - " How we arrived in a post truth era, when alternative facts replace actual facts and feelings have more weight than evidence? " To understand this question let's do some more discussion about post - truth. As we know that we all are living in the post - truth era, what we need to do is that - " Lies need to be challenged always. " Truths need to be repeated. There is an experimental evidence that shows that people who have mistaken views can be convinced by the facts. If the facts are repeated often enough. There is something called the " Repetition effect " Which allows people to believe something when they hear it often, whether it is true or not.
People who believe in truth can not just say - " Those guys are Idiots. " and leave the field. If they do, then only liars will have a voice. So, that is why we always need to challenge lies and the audience for the lies can hear another point of view.
According to keane ;
" Post - truth is not simply opposite of truth, it is more complicated. "
We all are living in the age of technology. In the modern age of social media fear, any rumour and gossip can spread alarmingly fast with feelings and emotions often carrying more weight rather than facts and evidence. Generally we believe in the facts which have any evidence or proof with that. Without any kind of evidence no one will going to believe. But, In post truth era it's not like that. Because there evidence are less important and emotions and personal beliefs are everything.
While I was searching and reading about post - truth. I found one tweet that I want to share here. So, it helps you to understand it in a better way.
" Some Examples of post - truth :-"
After discussing about post - truth, now let's have a look on examples of it. We have to understand the examples of post truth with two important aspects which are given as below.
1. Post - truth in social media.
2. Post - truth in politics.
When we are talking and discussing about social media everybody publishes whatever they want. Fake news websites are widely common. Publishing lies and fabricated news. Politicians in the post truth era appeals to emotions and impose personal views. They hide the truth and convince people of what is untrue.
Everyone thinks that it must be true because it is on the platform of social media. But, it is not like that. It is completely our wrong perception. First, we need to clarify and we need to check it. Only after that we can send it to others.
" Don't use social media to impress people; use it to impact people. "
There is one famous scene from movie - "Housefull." In that scene, Arjun Rampal asked some questions to Akshay kumar and besides them there was a " Lie detector Machine . " Through that machine we came to know that whether the person is saying truth or lie. In that particular scene of the movie Arjun Said that ;
" I hate Liars. "
We can say that social media plays very important role in spreading the news. We don't know that is it true or not. We simply pass on to others. and that is how it continues to spread false things. There are so many lies that everyone tells on Facebook and Instagram. Which we can also connect with post truth. So, let's see one example.
It is very simple to create a facade of knowledge online. You post a photo online on your Facebook page or Instagram to show people and they will think that you are an intelligent, well read human being. Even if you never made it past page one. Just to show other people that we are doing this or that how easily we are telling lies. From this picture and example we can clearly understand that people are doing nothing but lying to others, with the help of this social media platform.
If you want to read about further examples on Lies of social media.. You can click here
By clicking on this link.. You can read about many more examples that how lies prevailing in our society through social media.
Post - truth in politics :-
Post truth and politics is a course that has grown out of the study of propaganda and public relations as media and political tools. Fake news and post truth signal a crisis of the liberal democratic system of public communication. There are different views on whether fake news is deliberate political propaganda or simply fabricated content created to drive online traffic.
Post - truth refers to difficulties in public communication too. In a post - truth world, the abundance of online content as well as the intensity and speed of digital communication have paved the way for an " Epistemic crisis. "
" Exaggerating your level of politics activities :-"
It is very much simple to share countless pictures on Facebook, on Instagram, or Twitter and many others about your politics activities. But are we really spending much time being involved in any politics activity - No.. People love to pretend that they are very much conscious about politics and all.. But we know that they are simply lying. One or the other wat we all are doing the same thing. From this picture we can get idea about that " I voted " Sticker marks the extent of political activities.
If you want to know more about how post truth and politics connect with each other. You can click here and read it in the detail.
https://theconversation.com/we-know-politicians-lie-but-do-we-care. Click here to read.
How thinking skill workshop helped us in better understanding of post - truth :-
Critical thinking is a part of our studies. As a literature student we have to think critically. As we all know that Department of English organized thinking skill workshop by Dr. Milan pandya. and post truth is also very important if we connect it with our thinking skill.
We always need to think before we come on any conclusions. If we will not think properly ans we will not apply our mind than we can not understand that what is truth and what is not. What we need to do is that we need to apply our mind first and we need to cultivate our reading and thinking skills. If we will think properly we can tell to others that Don't spread fake news. & we can only do that with the help our thinking skill.. So our thinking always helped us to understand between what is truth and what is lie, what is real and what is fake.
In the era of post truth! Criterias are completely changed. We can understand this with certain points.
Lies Replaces Truth
Evidence Replaces Emotions
Personal analysis Replaces verified
Information
One opinion Replaces multiple opinions
Conclusion :- In conclusion I would like to say that I presented my understanding about post truth and also gave some examples about it. I hope that my blog is useful for you to understand about post - truth.
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