UTFacultiesBMSDept HIBCOMNews & EventsIris van Ooijen: We're living in the post-truth era: Really, it's true

Iris van Ooijen: We're living in the post-truth era: Really, it's true UToday - Science & Technology Magazine #7 (2019)

Until a few years ago, no one had ever heard of the term ‘fake news’. These days, however, twisted facts  are a threat to our free and democratic society. Now that the truth is often reduced to an opinion, fake news is thriving online. How did it get this far, how should we behave in the post-truth era and what can science do to help?

https://www.utwente.nl/en/bms/com/news/archive/ut-2019-irisvanooijen.pdf