Abstract:

In an age when fake and false information is easily circulated, deepfake products and even hologram technology can be used to make fake narratives believable, and the line between truth and lies is increasingly blurred. In addition, fake news, unconfirmed information, and conspiracy theories that are used to create an alternative reality or transform into propaganda material can break the truth in just minutes, bend it and eventually the end-product that has been produced can become viral. A large majority accept the concept of post-truth as a powerful threat to liberalized democratic comprehension and its institutions. The undeniable effect of new media tools and social media has allowed technology at times to turn into a very dangerous post-truth instrument. Ethical problems and oppositions have emerged at this point. The truth itself is now turning into a kind of sacred icon for individuals of any status that can be described as truth seekers. In this study, the document analysis method, one of the qualitative research methods, was used. From this perspective numerous current studies, newspaper and magazine articles, statistics, podcast recordings, blog posts, blog posts, open-access web resources and multimedia data on the concept of post-truth have been examined. Within this framework, in this study, the definition, connotations and scope of the post-truth age and the possible effects of its technology-oriented products on individuals have been tried to be examined. As a result of this study, it is seen that the new media tools that came to the agenda with the concept of post-truth have turned into technological instruments used to distribute the divisive language in world politics. In addition, it was concluded that political corruption leads to atomized polarization at the level of individuals in societies and the trust in the media on a global scale is questioned.