Máscaras de la mentira. El nuevo desorden de la posverdad

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Keywords:

Post-truth, lie, Umberto Eco, Fontcuberta, fiction, Trump

Abstract

The book Máscaras de la mentira. El nuevo desorden de la posverdad analyses the lie as text that circulates through the media. RODRÍGUEZ-FERRÁNDIZ provides a solid semiotic theory that helps to understand the boundaries between truth and lies. Through case studies, the author shows truth does not predominate in reality. Instead, post-truth understood as a mediated text, has banalized the lie by altering the proper values of the truth. In fact, according to the author, the era of post-truth is characterized because the truth has become a chimera. Nowadays, a growing amount of people believe more the emotion than the fact itself. For this reason, the author analyses the social media discourse; secondly, the writings of Umberto Eco; thirdly, the photography by Joan Fontcuberta; and finally, the moving image via the mockumentary and reality shows.

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References

Arendt, H. (2017). Verdad y mentira en la política. Barcelona: Página indómita.

Catalán, M. (2005). Antropología de la mentira. Madrid: Mario Muchnick.

Eco, U. (1995). Tratado de Semiótica general. Barcelona: Lumen.

Rodríguez-Ferrándiz, R. (2017). Máscaras de la mentira. El nuevo desorden de la posverdad. Valencia: Pretextos.

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Published

2020-10-30

How to Cite

Sánchez-Olmos, C. (2020). Máscaras de la mentira. El nuevo desorden de la posverdad . Prisma Social Journal, (31), 423–429. Retrieved from https://revistaprismasocial.es/ps/article/view/3885

Issue

No. 31 (2020): Comunicación del Conocimiento Científico en la Era de la Postverdad. Retos y Oportunidades

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Reseñas o críticas de libros

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