%0 Journal Article
%T The Role of Post-Truth in The Process of Causing and Mainteining Moral Panics
%A Strupiechowska, Monika
%J Zoon Politikon
%V 2018
%R 10.4467/2543408XZOP.18.016.10511
%N 9/2018
%P 164-185
%K moral panic, post-truth, discourse analysis, manipulation, public discourse 164
%@ 2082-7806
%D 2019
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/zoon-politikon/article/udzial-post-prawdy-w-wywolywaniu-i-podtrzymywaniu-panik-moralnych
%X The article attempts to answer the question about the scope of post-truth phenomenon in the process of creating an atmosphere of moral panic – increased social unrest and the accompanying inadequate response of the media. The critical analysis of the media discourse on the analyses social issues allows to state that with the expansion of new technologies and the way of communicating, the frequency of creating false information increases, the specificity of the phenomenon of raising social anxiety and the creation of non-matching visions of reality is changing.