Journal
Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal
ISSN:
1837-5391
Journal article
Alternative facts and fake news entering journalistic content production cycle
This paper analyzes the distribution of alternative facts and fake news as a phenomenon characterizing post-fact society and how journalistic work processes may promote and legitimize the distribution of misleading content.
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Journalism, the pressures of verification and notions of post-truth in civil society
This paper contemplates the nature of journalists’ information practices in the 21st Century and relates these to the roles of information and social media in civil society.
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Black France, Black America: Engaging historical narratives
During the first quarter of the 20th Century a small group of black intellectuals, artists, and musicians abandoned the United States for Paris. The rumor was that the French did not believe in racist theories – that France offered blacks social and economic opportunities not available in the States. This paper critically examines that narrative...
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Monday Mo(u)rning
This piece presents an imaginary scenario taking place in any typical primary school around Australia. It was developed for the special issue of Cosmopolitan Civil Societies Journal, on fake news and alternative facts, to show how these may arise in everyday practices.
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Prostrating walk in the campaign against Sino-Hong Kong Express Railway: collective identity of native social movement
This paper examines the cultural context of social movements involving these youth activists. It mainly studied the campaign against the Sino-Hong Kong Express Railway development project.