Where is the Truth in Post-Truth?

Book Review of New Media and Post-Truth by Silvia Petrova

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.60060/MLg.2025.17.111-114

Keywords:

post-truth, new media, trolling, online environment

Abstract

A review of the book "New Media and Post-Truth" by Silvia Petrova. The review highlights the author's contributions to outlining the contemporary post-truth situation, defining key terms, and tracing and rethinking the scholarly debate on the topic.

 

Bibliography:

Petrova, Silviya (2024) Novi medii i postistina. Blagoevgrad: Universitetsko izdatelstvo

References:

Nedelcheva, Pepa (2025) Magiyata na dumite. <https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=12217273072430529> (visited on 10.05.2025)

Haskovo.net (2017).<https://www.haskovo.net/jokes/read/39293> (visited on 10.05.2025)

Chokshi, Niraj (2017) That Wasn’t Mark Twain: How a Misquotation Is Born. <https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/26/books/famous-misquotations.html> (visited on 10.05.2025)

Author Biography

Viktor Chulev, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”

Viktor Chulev is a PhD student in the „Media and Communications – Electronic Media“ program at the Faculty of Journalism and Mass Communication of Sofia University. He is currently working on a dissertation titled „Dialogue in Cinema Podcasts: Audio Stories of the Creative Process and Cultural Memory“. His research interests lie at the intersection of media, technology, social interactions, and art.

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Published

2025-06-23

Issue

No. 17 (2025): Media influences, algorithms, cultures

Section

Рецензии