Abstract:

Translated into Turkish as "post-fact" or "post-truth", the concept of Post-truth refers to the fact that objective data is less effective than personal feelings and opinions in forming public opinion. A false universe is produced from this world, based not on the quality of education, but on perceptions. On this created ground, the reality perceived in certain dimensions loses its main importance and the degree of importance that individuals attach to the truth decreases and lying can become ordinary. In this research, it is aimed to investigate the importance social media users attach to truth and their perceptions of truth through Twitter users, a social networking site. In this context, a research was carried out with 48 Twitter users using the in-depth interview method, one of the qualitative research methods, by adhering to the semi-structured questionnaire. The research has examined the situation that people generally receive false or false information and content, which is effective in the emergence of the Post-truth period, and see it as shown. According to the results of the research, it was seen that the participants approached the reality on Twitter with suspicion and a distrust of the information and users in this environment was dominant. In addition, it was concluded that the participants were not interested in the verification of the information and did not feel sensitive about this issue. In addition, it was seen that the idea that lies are widespread on the social level prevailed in users, and it was concluded that it was important to take into account the importance of providing trust in mutual relations and communication management with the target audiences of institutions