Fake news and post-truth : 20 texts to understand and fight the threat

Given the importance that the notion of « fake news » and « post-truth », its corollary, have taken in the last two years, and given the danger that this climate of generalised doubt and manipulative lies broadcast on social networks, the editorial committee of the Conversation^[1] France and its academic experts have been very mobilised to explain this phenomenon and find solutions to combat it. In order to highlight the richness of their contributions and to provide each pupil, student, teacher, citizen with a useful reflection, the Conversation France has decided to make an e-book (available in the resources section of the website) of all the contributions, which would be easily shareable, for free. This e-book contains 20 articles (in French) as a kind of synthesis useful for all. Articles related to the same topic are also available on the English version of the Conversation’s website.

[1] The Conversation is an independent, not-for-profit media outlet that uses content sourced from the academic and research community.