Post-truth: Is it managing or mismanaging information? (There is one truth, but there are a thousand post-truths!)

Abstract

There is a notion called post-truth that is often applied today in shaping the world (emotions, attitudes, behaviors) and can produce effective results in a short time. This notion can be accepted as a method of information management. However, managing and distributing information by manipulating it dominates managing it by processing it with truth. Post-truth is a communication design focusing on shaping emotions, which is why it weakens reason and science, even putting them into the background. Post-truth weakens or removes the effectiveness of objective truths in shaping public opinion. Alternative truth plays the role of truth in the face of objective truth and substitutes for objective truth, as in “bad dismisses the good”. Incorrect information spreads and reproduces faster than correct information. Besides, it substitutes for the correct information and affects people. So many things are said and written regarding the notion of post-truth. However, no consensus has been reached regarding its definition and content. This paper aims to create a content regarding the meaning of post-truth.