Post-truth and Social Media: Distinctive Narrative Ecologies for Social Platforms with Targeted Users

Abstract

Social media, regarded as one of the major sources of information in modern times, has also caused perplexing problems in communication and the post-truth is on the list. Defined as appealing to emotion and personal belief has a greater impact on public opinion than objective facts, people are getting more and more aware of the negative influence of the post-truth phenomenon which is the starting point of this work. This paper focuses on the users experience on popular social media which reflects the role of post-truth in shaping public opinions and narrative vibes, in order to appeal to the rising awareness of solid truth and real information in the digital media era. In this work, an online questionnaire and in-depth interviews are both adopted to support the credibility of the research. The accuracy of the information and the concerns on truth are supposed to be strengthened for social media consumers from this work.