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Knowledge, Public Communication and “Post-Truth†: What is Left of Truth in a Time of Pandemic?

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  • Aurel Codoban

    (Professor PhD, University of Art and Design of Cluj-Napoca, "Dimitrie Cantemir" Cristian University Bucarest, and Philosophy Doctoral School at "Babes-Bolyai" University, Romania)

  • Alexandru Cordos

    (Professor PhD University Lecturer, "Dimitrie Cantemir" Cristian University Bucharest, Romania)

Abstract

The pandemic seems to have reversed the relationship between Knowledge and Communication: communication prevails and determines the significance and meaning of events, just as it happened in premodern times. Public knowledge is being eroded. Post-modern scientific knowledge, already unfathomably complex and technical, is both evolving and becoming obsolete at such great speed that it unveils, paradoxically, the vulnerability and relativity of the truth it claims to grasp. Alongside truth-correspondence and truth-coherence, the older truth-significance also makes itself known. Amplified by the resonance chamber of new media and social networks, the latter can emerge as the “post-truth†and “fake-news†that transform Public Communication into Public Relations.

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  • Aurel Codoban & Alexandru Cordos, 2021. "Knowledge, Public Communication and “Post-Truth†: What is Left of Truth in a Time of Pandemic?," Postmodern Openings, Editura Lumen, Department of Economics, vol. 12(1Sup1), pages 164-181, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:lum:rev3rl:v:12:y:2021:i:1sup1:p:164-181
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.18662/po/12.1Sup1/277
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    1. Alexandru Cordoș, 2021. "The Efficiency Of Legal Norms In Communication And Public Relations During The Coronavirus Pandemic In Romania," FIAT IUSTITIA, Dimitrie Cantemir Faculty of Law Cluj Napoca, Romania, vol. 15(1), pages 195-206, May.

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    Keywords

    Pandemic; Public Knowledge; Public Communication; Public Relations; Truth-Correspondence; Truth-Coherence; Truth-Significance; “New New Media†; social media; “post-truth†; “fake-newsâ€;
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    JEL classification:

    • H0 - Public Economics - - General
    • I2 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education
    • O0 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - General

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