Europe in the Age of Post-Truth Politics: Populism, Disinformation and the Public Sphere

1 Introduction: Europe in the Age of Post-Truth
Politics
Maximilian Conrad and Guðmundur Hálfdanarson
Part I Post-Truth Politics, Democracy and the Public
Sphere
2 Post-Truth, Postmodernism and the Public Sphere
Saul Newman
3 The Context of Fake News, Disinformation,
and Manipulation
John Erik Fossum
4 Journalism, Truth and the Restoration of Trust
in Democracy: Tracing the EU 'Fake News' Strategy
Asimina Michailidou, Elisabeth Eike, and Hans-Jörg Trenz
Part II Post-Truth Populism and the Disintegration of
Europe
5 From Denouncing to Defunding: The Post-Truth
Populist Challenge to Public-Service Media
Maximilian Conrad
6 Post-Truth Politics, Brexit, and European
Disintegration
Vittorio Orlando
7 "Europe is Christian, or It Is Not Europe":
Post-Truth Politics and Religion in Matteo Salvini's
Tweets
Giulia Evolvi
Part III Mediatisation and Politicisation of Immigration
8 Claiming Authority Over 'Truths' and 'Facts':
Information Risk Campaigns to Prevent Irregular
Migration
Verena K. Brändle
9 Facts, Narratives and Migration: Tackling
Disinformation at the European and UN Level
of Governance
Anna Björk
10 Shedding Light on People's Social Media Concerns
Through Political Party Preference, Media Trust,
and Immigration Attitudes
Sanna Malinen, Aki Koivula, Teo Keipi, and Arttu Saarinen
11 In Search for Unexpected Allies? Radical Right
Remediation of 'the 2015 Refugee Crisis' on Social
Media
Gwenaëlle Bauvois and Niko Pyrhönen
Part IV Conclusion
12 Concluding Reflections on Europe in the Age
of Post-truth Politics
Guðmundur Hálfdanarson and Maximilian Conrad
Correction to: “Europe is Christian, or It Is Not Europe":
Post-Truth Politics and Religion in Matteo Salvini's Tweets
Giulia Evolvi