Abstract

PENA, Ricardo de la. Fake News in the Time of Post-truth. Rev. mex. opinión pública [online]. 2022, n.33, pp.89-102.  Epub Oct 31, 2022. ISSN 2448-4911.  https://doi.org/10.22201/fcpys.24484911e.2022.33.82237.

This essay addresses the generic problem of fake news in contemporary societies and how it affects electoral processes in particular. To do this, first a conceptual review is made that leads to specify the elements that allow the construction of a discourse qualified as post-truth and the proposal to build a knowledge society as a general formula for its containment, as well as the informed voter model in the particular space of the electoral.

Keywords : Fake news; post-truth; illiberal; democracy; social networks; knowledge.