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• Cover
• Endorsements for the Second Edition
• Endorsements for the First Edition
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Foreword: A feminist reading
• Acknowledgments
• Part I Preparing for the post-truth journey
• 1 Introduction
• The fake news virus
• Democracy in decline? Core arguments
• Approach and clarifications
• Outline of book
• References
• 2 An expanding field: Approaches, concepts, provocations
• Historical antecedents I: from propaganda to fake news
• Historical antecedents II: the search for an untainted concept
• The current state of fake news research
• Four provocations for future research
• Summing up and moving closer to our journey
• References
• 3 Political theory in post-factual times
• Discourse theory and its development
• Discourses beyond language
• Ontological abyss
• Elusive truths
• Methodological approach: mapping the landscape
• Operationalizing discourse theory
• Establishing an archive of data
• Analyzing the data
• Limitations
• Notes
• References
• Part II Into post-truth worlds
• 4 Prophecies of post-truth
• A modern-day plague
• Post-truth: the rise of an “alternative reality”
• Fake news
• Who is to blame? Villain 1: social media
• Villain 2: journalism
• Villain 3: the masses
• Democratic eschatology
• References
• 5 Crises upon crises
• Some remarks on discourses and crisis
• Crisis moment I: the rise and legacy of Trumpism (2016–)
• Fake news as a floating signifier
• Crisis moment II: COVID-19 (2019–)
• Crisis moment III: the Russian invasion (2022–)
• Closing thoughts: truth in the midst of crisis
• Note
• References
• 6 Restoring democracy
• State responses to post-truth
• Back to truth
• Antidotes and immunity
• Only technology can save us now
• Silicon valley strikes back
• One solution, many solutions
• References
• Part III Out of post-truth worlds
• 7 Post-truth and post-politics: Splitting the difference
• Democracy as truth, the truth of democracy
• The neoliberal takeover
• Politics after the demos
• The hegemony of the market
• Post-truth and post-politics
• References
• 8 Ways out?: Truth, technology, and democracy
• Solutions and their discontents
• Solution 1: moralizing, condemning
• Solution 2: policing the truth
• Solution 3: technological solutionism
• Solution 4: re-establishing centers of truth-making
• Concluding remarks
• References
• 9 Democratic alternatives to post-truth worlds
• Politics as dispute
• Radicalizing democracy
• Solutions or strategies? Pointers for other ways out
• Rather than regulating fake news, we need to regulate wealth
• Rather than restricting difference and dispute, we need to restrict corporate power
• Rather than media literacy, we need democratic media
• Rather than more Truth, we need more democratic participation
• Closing thoughts
• Note
• References
• 10 Conclusion
• References
• Index