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As a Matter of Fact: Journalism and Scholarship in the Post-truth Era

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This chapter discusses the consequences of mediatization and marketization for public discourse and debate, and offers a proposal for how the academy and the media can work together to meet the challenges that they face in a changing media environment.

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    Portions of this paper have been adapted from material published in Hyvönen (2016).

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  1. Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

    Mats Hyvönen

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  1. WMIER, The University of Waikato, Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand

    Michael A. Peters

  2. Department of Philosophy, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

    Sharon Rider

  3. Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

    Mats Hyvönen

  4. WMIER, The University of Waikato, Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand

    Tina Besley

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Hyvönen, M. (2018). As a Matter of Fact: Journalism and Scholarship in the Post-truth Era. In: Peters, M.A., Rider, S., Hyvönen, M., Besley, T. (eds) Post-Truth, Fake News. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8013-5_10

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