Europe in the Age of Post-Truth Politics

Maximilian Conrad is Professor of Political Science at the University of Iceland.Guðmundur Hálfdanarson is Professor of History at the University of Iceland.Asimina Michailidou is Senior Researcher at the ARENA Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo, Norway.Charlotte Galpin is Associate Professor of German and European Politics at the University of Birmingham, UK.Niko Pyrhönen is Researcher in the Faculty of Theology, University of Helsinki, Finland.

• 1. Introduction: Europe in the Age of Post-Truth Politics.- 2. Post-Truth, Postmodernism and the Public Sphere.- 3. The Context of Fake News, Disinformation and Manipulation.- 4. Journalism, Truth and the Restoration of Trust in Democracy: Tracing the EU 'Fake News' Strategy.- 5. From Denouncing to Defunding: The Post-Truth Populist Challenge to Public-Service Media.- 6. Post-Truth Politics, Brexit and European Disintegration.- 7. "Europe is Christian, or it is not Europe": Post-Truth Politics and Religion in Matteo Salvini's Tweets.- 8. Claiming Authority over 'Truths' and 'Facts': Information Risk Campaigns to Prevent Irregular Migration.- 9. Facts, Narratives and Migration: Tackling Disinformation at the European and UN Level of Governance.- 10. Sheeding Light on People's Social Media Concerns Through Political Party Preference, Media Trust, and Immigration Attitudes.- 11. In Search for Unexpected Allies? Radical Right Remediation of 'the 2015 Refugee Crisis' on Social Media.- 12. Concluding Reflections on Europe in the Age of Post-Truth Politics.