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@article{1817138,
author = {Kluknavská, Alena and Eisele, Olga},
article_location = {ABINGDON (ENGLAND)},
article_number = {8},
doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2021.2020322},
keywords = {claims analysis; populist communication; postfactual; post-truth; Trump; Twitter},
language = {eng},
issn = {1369-118X},
journal = {Information, Communication & Society},
title = {Trump and circumstance: introducing the post-truth claim as an instrument for investigating truth contestation in public discourse},
url = {https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2021.2020322},
volume = {26},
year = {2023}
}
TY - JOUR
ID - 1817138
AU - Kluknavská, Alena - Eisele, Olga
PY - 2023
TI - Trump and circumstance: introducing the post-truth claim as an instrument for investigating truth contestation in public discourse
JF - Information, Communication & Society
VL - 26
IS - 8
SP - 1583-1600
EP - 1583-1600
PB - ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
SN - 1369118X
KW - claims analysis
KW - populist communication
KW - postfactual
KW - post-truth
KW - Trump
KW - Twitter
UR - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2021.2020322
N2 - The idea of post-factual politics has become increasingly relevant for describing current political and societal developments. Though research on the topic has been blooming, we lack a common framework and systematic tool to map and analyze post-truth communication. Therefore, our paper advances the adaptation of claims-making for the analysis of how actors relativize the truth and use discourses of untruthfulness to attack their opponents, constructing their own versions of reality. We extend the affinity between populism and post-truth to conceptualize truth contestation in two aspects: (1) the antagonistic anti-elite constructions of accusations of creating and spreading false information and lies, (2) the emphasis on emotionality and negativity over facts and expertise. Building on a communication-centered approach to populism, we define key content and stylistic characteristics of post-truth claims to study the contestation of truth in political communication in a systematic way. Taking the Twitter communication of Donald Trump as a prime example, we illustrate the employability of our approach via a pilot study on the longest period of shutdown in US history (22 December 2018–25 January 2019). As a result, we introduce claims analysis as an approach that can be usefully adapted to study post-truth discourses.
ER -
KLUKNAVSKÁ, Alena and Olga EISELE. Trump and circumstance: introducing the post-truth claim as an instrument for investigating truth contestation in public discourse. \textit{Information, Communication \&{} Society}. ABINGDON (ENGLAND): ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR \&{} FRANCIS LTD, 2023, vol.~26, No~8, p.~1583-1600. ISSN~1369-118X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2021.2020322.
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