Cutting Across the Waves of the Web: The "Care of the Self" as an Ethical Response to Post-truth Politics in Social Media

• Main Author: Sangil, Roberto Paolo T.
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• Subjects: askesis; care of the self; ethics; fake news; Foucault; mathesis; post-truth; social media; stulitia
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/budhi/vol23/iss2/4; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/budhi/article/1463/viewcontent/Budhi_2023.2_204_20Article_20__20Sangil.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Uttering “facts are passé” captures the spirit of post-truth. However, it often leads to addressing facts rather than why they pass off as passé. “Post-truth” was dubbed the 2016 Word of the Year due to its increased usage during the Brexit referendum and the US presidential election in the same...