Post Truth be told
by RECLAIM
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Integridad informativa y ¿futuro del periodismo?
Integridad informativa y ¿futuro del periodismo?
About this podcast
A monthly podcast examining the effects of post-truth politics on contemporary societies. The podcast discusses the impact of the information disorder on liberal democracies to advise on policy making and education and to react to the negative effect of disinformation on democratic discourse. The podcast is a spinoff of RECLAIM, a Horizon Europe project financed by the EU.
Episodes
- Integridad informativa y ¿futuro del periodismo? · 15 minLa nueva estrategia de la UE consagra el principio de integridad informativa. Podemos pensar que implica un reconocimiento de que la información de calidad es un bien público a…
- ¿Cómo regular las redes sociales ahora que las plataformas ya no colaboran? · 17 minDesde 2020 la UE ha adoptado varias normas para regular las plataformas. Pero desde la victoria de Trump en 2024, dichas empresas están colaborando mucho menos con la UE. ¿Qué…
- El escudo de la democracia y la estrategia de la UE para la sociedad civil · 21 minLa UE ha adoptado una nueva estrategia paraproteger la democracia: la defensa del debate público de calidad y promover laparticipación de la sociedad civil. En el primer episodio…
- When Information Becomes a Weapon: The EU’s Turn to FIMI · 31 minAs the EU seeks to defend democracy from foreign interference, it is reframing information as a potential security threat. This is reshaping how Europe understands speech, power…
- Educating for Democracy: Empowering Citizens to Identify Good Information · 29 min · Season 1 Episode 11European federalists have long wished for the EU to be taught in schools, but the real chance for Europeanised education may lie in fostering critical thinking skills in school…
- Policy alternatives to EU’s regulation of disinformation · 31 minIn this episode, we unpack three proposals on democratic responses to disinformation, from social media regulation and algorithmic transparency to strengthening public service…
- RECLAIM Final Conference, entitled “Frontiers of Truth: Reclaiming liberal democracy in a post-factual world” · 44 min · Episode 9Today’s episode is a bit special, as it was recorded in the context of the RECLAIM Final Conference, and it was a panel entitled “Beyond the clickbait: Information flows and EU…
- Forget FOMO, This Is FIMI · 37 min · Season 1 Episode 8Today, we explore how the EU's emerging FIMI (Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference) framework shifts the focus from truthfulness to intent in combating foreign…
- Open Borders for Outrage · 37 minMigration touches on deeply emotional, symbolic, and identity-driven issues. That makes it uniquely vulnerable to post-truth tactics, where fear and misperception override facts…
- Is Tech Biased—Or Are We? · 30 minAlgorithms decide what we see, what we miss, and influence what we believe. In this episode, we examine how digital technologies reflect and amplify social bias, distort public…
- Breaking News: Journalism is in Crisis (Again) · 33 minThe very foundations of journalism—accuracy, verification, and trust—are under pressure. We discuss how journalism is adapting to survive in a world where speed and…
- The Post-Truth Presidency Returns · 39 minTrump’s return to the Oval Office is more than a political comeback, it is evidence of how much post-truth has changed since 2016. The narrative then was that Trump rode a wave…
- Navigating the Digital Whirlpool: the Struggle over the EU's DSA · 35 minThe Digital Services Act, the EU’s digital regulation master stone, is designed with the intention of tackling content affecting democratic political debate without limiting free…
- Protecting EU elections from what exactly? · 36 min"Democracy Dies in Darkness" is a motto adopted by the US newspaper The Washington Post in 2017. Does democracy need to be defended in the era of post-truth politics? How, from…
- What's Actually True About 'Post-Truth'? · 38 minDo we really live in a "post-truth" era? Can liberal democracy be reclaimed from polarised and epistemically disputed debates? This episode discusses possible responses by EU…
- Post Truth be told - Trailer · 2 minA monthly podcast examining the effects of post-truth politics on contemporary societies. The podcast will share and discuss the results of RECLAIM, a Horizon Europe research…
