Truth in the Public Sphere

Contributions by David I. Backer, Chris Balaschak, Makeda Best, Charles Bingham, Christopher Gilbert, Lewis A. Friedland, Francis Halsall, Jason Hannan, Thomas Hove, Jeffrey W. Jarman, Spoma Jovanovic, Yacine Kout, Paul Lawrie, Jeanette Musselwhite, Kelly M. ODonnell, Lisa Silvestri, Shelley Sizemore, Jenny Southard Edited by Jason Hannan

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Publication date:

20 October 2016

Length of book:

242 pages

Publisher

Lexington Books

ISBN-13: 9781498530835

Truth in the Public Sphere seeks to understand the significance of truth for the everyday world of human communication. To this end, this book explores the place of truth in several facets of the public sphere: language, ethics, journalism, politics, media, and art. Featuring an international group of contributors from across the humanities and social sciences, this collection is a definitive supplement to theoretical debates about the meaning and status of truth.
In short, the authors of this book succeed in presenting the truth in different contexts communication, but also according to a variety of media (traditional and digital). [Translated from original French]