PANDERING TO POPULISM?

PANDERING TO POPULISM? – JOURNALISM AND POLITICS IN A POST-TRUTH AGE

EDITED BY JOHN MAIR, TOR CLARK, NEIL FOWLER, RAYMOND SNODDY and RICHARD TAIT

Populist politicians have taken over much the world – and their first battleground has been the media. Across the globe journalism is in the forefront of a battle for truth and the integrity of public information.

Strongmen leaders and populist insurgents are taking on and denigrating established journalism, as other external factors threaten the medium’s financial viability. In this book, the sixth and final volume of a series started in 2016, leading journalists and academics discuss this crisis in the UK, USA and across the world.

Have the media pandered to populism and what does it all mean for the future of free journalism and civilised society?