THE POST-TRUTH PHENOMENON INFILTRATING THE US POLITICAL SYSTEM, MEDIA, AND POPULACE: THE CRITICAL THINKING ANALYSIS ABOUT DONALD TRUMP’S POLITICAL LEADERSHIP
THE POST-TRUTH PHENOMENON INFILTRATING THE US POLITICAL SYSTEM, MEDIA, AND POPULACE: THE CRITICAL THINKING ANALYSIS ABOUT DONALD TRUMP’S POLITICAL LEADERSHIP
Author(s): Evi Aryati Arbay, Ari Santoso WidodoSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Anthropology, Philosophy, Social Sciences, Media studies, Semiology, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Social Philosophy, Political Theory, Political Sciences, Civil Society, Governance, Public Administration, Communication studies, Government/Political systems, International relations/trade, Electoral systems, Welfare systems, Political behavior, Political psychology, Politics and law, Politics and communication, Politics and religion, Politics and society, History and theory of political science, Methodology and research technology, Comparative politics, Culture and social structure , Theory of Communication, Behaviorism, Crowd Psychology: Mass phenomena and political interactions, Geopolitics, Politics of History/Memory, Politics and Identity, Corruption - Transparency - Anti-Corruption, Peace and Conflict Studies, Rhetoric
Published by: Institute for Research and European Studies - Bitola
Keywords: Post-Truth; Post-Trust; US Political System; Political Leadership; Critical Thinking Analysis; Donald Trump
Summary/Abstract: Donald J. Trump, one of the 2016 US presidential candidates, is thought to have benefited from political fact-doctoring in his attempt to diminish his adversary's reputation using the post-truth phenomena. This research aimed to identify and analyze post-truth phenomena that infiltrated the political system, media, and the American people during Donald J. Trump's leadership. This study used a qualitative approach with a critical thinking analysis method. The findings found that individual rationality's post-truth disrupted and then directed to online information impulses, in which people tended to seek information that supported their own opinions, particularly on issues connected to Donald J. Trump's leadership in all sectors of policy, including irrelevant facts or reality and the use of language increasingly exploited by hyperbole without a clear basis reference.
Journal: Journal of Liberty and International Affairs
- Issue Year: 8/2022
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 87-107
- Page Count: 21
- Language: English