What is the most significant impact of post-truth politics on democracy? How has post-truth politics evolved in recent years? What have governments been doing to counter the impacts of post-truth politics? What could liberal democracies do to further counter post-truth politics?
In this TEPSA Explainer in collaboration with the RECLAIM Project, Maximilian Conrad, Principal Investigator of the RECLAIM project and Professor of Political Science at the University of Iceland reflects on three years’ research into post-truth politics, mis- and disinformation, and the consequences of all of this for liberal democracies.
Quality of information is crucial to the functioning of liberal democracy, and as part of the Horizon-funded “Reclaiming Liberal Democracy in the Post-Factual Age” (RECLAIM) project, a consortium of pan-European analysts and experts are investigating the impact of post-truth politics on liberal democracy in recent years, and looking for ways to mitigate it.
