In this blog, I'm sharing my views about Post-Truth,This task has been given by Barad Sir.
Post - Truth
Definition of Post-Truth :-
According to Oxford Dictionary ,Post-Truth is an adjective defined as ' relating or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belif'.
Post-Truth has gone from being a peripheral term to being a mainstay in political commentary, now often being used by " Major Publication without the need of clarification or definition in their headlines".
Post-Truth means a truth in which a mixture of peoples opinion. People adds their opinions in a truth, that's why we should not believe on that without clarification.
History of The Word Post-Truth:-
The compound word post-truth exemplifies an expansion in the meaning of the prefix post- that has become increasingly prominent in recent years. Rather than simply referring to the time after a specified situation or event – as in post-war or post-match – the prefix in post-truth has a meaning more like ‘belonging to a time in which the specified concept has become unimportant or irrelevant’. This nuance seems to have originated in the mid-20th century, in formations such as post-national (1945) and post-racial (1971).
Post-truth seems to have been first used in this meaning in a 1992 essay by the late Serbian-American playwright Steve Tesich in The Nation magazine. Reflecting on the Iran-Contra scandal and the Persian Gulf War, Tesich lamented that ‘we, as a free people, have freely decided that we want to live in some post-truth world’. There is evidence of the phrase ‘post-truth’ being used before Tesich’s article, but apparently with the transparent meaning ‘after the truth was known’, and not with the new implication that truth itself has become irrelevant.
A book, The Post-truth Era, by Ralph Keyes appeared in 2004, and in 2005 American comedian Stephen Colbert popularized an informal word relating to the same concept: truthiness, defined by Oxford Dictionaries as ‘the quality of seeming or being felt to be true, even if not necessarily true’.
Post-truth extends that notion from an isolated quality of particular assertions to a general characteristic of our age. Post-Truth politics, Post-Truth advertising, Post-Truth Publication, Post-Truth Speeches etc.
Post-Truth in Indian Politics :-
post-Truth is more than merely ‘falsifying facts’ or spreading fake news. Its purpose is to neutralise rational and critical thought by appealing to emotions on half-truths or repeating statements that have been proven false but are convenient and sound credible.
We all know that when our politicians tells something , people blindly supports them without any questions. They believes that what politics do that always right and good for us.
In the thinking Activity session Milan sir tells us that,
"All the humans are story -telling animals "
Sometimes, many people proves this line , that when Madi says something in the way of story they believes that he is doing something good for us. He is always right, he supports poor people more than upper class people.
"People trusts upon Post-Truth emotionally rather than rationally".
In politics, when there has elections they promises a lot that to a people and people's belives tham and gives them votes,but after won the elections no one complete their promises. We can see that incidence, before few days at 15th August every there was a mission "हर घर तिरंगा" launched by our prime minister Narendra Modi every people participated on that mission, but if we ask them what is the aim of this mission, they cannot give the answers because they haven't any idea about the aim of that mission,they only knows that Modi is telling this they we should do this because he is always do something for us. We have so many incedence same like this, "थाली बजावो", "दिया जलाओ". And we can see that most of the people support that things.
In the learning , there is so many schemes for students life "વિદ્યાર્થી પાસ યોજના" . With the use of this scheme so many students get aducation , we can see that when the leader comes all the buses goes there where the leader came at that time so many students are suffers a lot because of the traveling. In the speeches Modi or other leaders tells that education is very important but when they comes they they doesn't things for that students who are traveling.
Post-Truth in Social Media :-
We all know that Social Media and internet is most important part of today's life. We can see so many fake news or vidios through the social media. We have verious way to get the information like "Facebook, Twitter, Watsapp, Instagram, Telegram etc. So many people watch that vidios and news and they feels that that is a true.
So many people are cheated by the social media through the app like Matrimony app, Online Shopping, Fake Calls, Fake Messages etc. Through the fake calls or messages we can be lost our benk balance or Bank frod , Matrimony through they get all the information and they can be viral this information in social media, through the online shopping , when we saw the photo on app that seems different and attractive but when we get this this is very different.
People belives in media, news and journals very much. they don't know that what media , news and journalist says that always right or wrong. Media , news and journalist are always writes in favour of politics and Leaders because some time they take a money for viral the fake news through the journals, news and media. They always do their work under the politicians and leaders that's why they cannot write against them and if they do against them they kills them.
FOR EXAMPLE :- we can see the essay of best known journalist Shashi Tharoor, a writer who is mostly write about political satire and a life of journalist,how they corrupted by politicians and leaders.
All this things happens because people trusts other people easyli whithout any explanation and as a result they cheats in every way of life.
Post-Truth in western Politics :-
' The truth ' lamented one British newspaper commentator recently,' The truth has become so devalued that what was once the gold standard of political debate is a worthless currency.
-- Brexiteer :-
Brexiteer means a person who is in favour of the United Kingdom withdrawing from the European Union.
A couple of years ago, the U.K. still had ' Eurosceptics' politicians who criticized the European Union,over the last year. Though , most of those have hardened into Brexiteers, and they persuaded 17 million voters who chose 'leave' in Britain's EU referendum to join them.
--Glass Cliff :-
Glass Cliff used with reference to a situation in which a woman of a minority group ascends to a leadership position in challenging circumstances where the risk of failure is high.
-- Alt - Right :-
Alt - Right(in the U.S.) means an ideological grouping associated with extream conservation or reactionary viewpoint , characterized by a rejection of mainstream politics by use of online media to disseminate deliberately controversial content.
-- Latinx :-
Latinx means a person of Latin - America origin or decent ( used as a gender- neutral or non-binary alternative to Latino or Latina)
Latinx ,where native English speakers start to learn Spanish, they come up against a linguistic difference that has no English equivalent : Spanish nouns and adjective both have grammatical gender. So, traditionally ,a Latin American woman is Latina, but her brother is Latino. For Latin Americans who identify as trans or as having another non-traditional gender identity, this isn't just a linguistic hurdle, it's inaccurate and excluding.
-- Coulrophobia :-
Coulrophobia means ," extream or irrational fear of clowns".
It started in South Carolina in August, a small boy ran to his mother ,saying that two scary clown who try to lute him into the woods behind their apartment complex.
--Hygge :-
Hygge means a quality of cosiness and comfortable conviviality that engenders a feeling of contentment or well-being ( regarding as a defining characteristics of Danish culture).
FOR EXAMPLE :- According to the BBC website, sitting by a fire on a cold night,or drinking mulled wine.
-- Chatbot :-
Chatbot means a computer program designed to simulate conversation with human users, especially over the internet.
The companies, including Domino's Pizza, KLM,CNN, deployed Chatbot on the messaging service. Facebook messenger this year,after Facebook allowed chatbot on to messenger for the first time in April. Indeed,within just three mounths over 11,000 chatbot had launched on the platform. No wonder, then that Chatbot have been called 'the new apps'.
-- Woke :-
Woke (US informal) alert to injustice in society, especially racism.
-- Adulting :-
Adulting means the practice of behaving in a characteristics of a responsible adult, especially the accomplishment of mundane but necessary tasks.
The word ' Adult' itself has also transitioned ,from noun to verb,and then back to this new noun as in letting someone else cook dinner.
Conclusion
At the end , we can say that we should not do trust upon everything without any clarification. Not only politics but also in our deily life most of the people trusts easily that's why we can see so many problems having in today life . Like Bank frod, Stealing of money and ornaments , Cheating in online relationship - for example:- Matrimony App through we can be cheat ect.
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