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Combatting Fake News: a Patočkean Analysis Promoting a Socratic Attitude and Active Citizenship

  1. Údaje o názvuCombatting Fake News: a Patočkean Analysis Promoting a Socratic Attitude and Active Citizenship [rukopis] / Jessica Margriet Naomi Sofizade
    Další variantní názvyThe political crisis in Europe: a Patočkean interpretation
    Osobní jméno Sofizade, Jessica Margriet Naomi, (autor diplomové práce nebo disertace)
    Překl.názThe political crisis in Europe: a Patočkean interpretation
    Vyd.údaje2018
    Fyz.popis76 pages (25,000 words) : il., tab. + Thesis has no appendices
    PoznámkaVed. práce Jan Stejskal
    Dal.odpovědnost Stejskal, Jan (vedoucí diplomové práce nebo disertace)
    Dal.odpovědnost Univerzita Palackého. Katedra historie (udelovatel akademické hodnosti)
    Klíč.slova fake news * Patočka * active citizenship * Socrates * disinformation * social media * truth * fake news * Patočka * active citizenship * Socrates * disinformation * social media * truth
    Forma, žánr diplomové práce master's theses
    MDT (043)378.2
    Země vyd.Česko
    Jazyk dok.angličtina
    Druh dok.PUBLIKAČNÍ ČINNOST
    TitulMgr.
    Studijní programNavazující
    Studijní programHumanities
    Studijní oborEuroculture
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    One of the most heated subjects which is currently being debated on an international scale is the problem of 'fake news'. It is widely considered a significant challenge for contemporary societies, and has even been called a threat to liberal democracies. This paper will investigate how are we able to combat this problem and find a long-term solution, in order to protect our societies from the harmful consequences of fake news. This will lead to an examination of the position of truth in the political sphere, its role in our epistemic lives, and the place truth has within news and media. It will be shown that fake news can be understood as essentially a problem concerning truth, our relationship to it, and its role in the political sphere. This issue will be explored using the case study of Jan Patočka, whose philosophical analysis can provide an illuminating way of understanding and finding a solution to fake news. Additionally, the example of Sweden will be examined in order to demonstrate how my conclusions can be implemented in practice. The latter empirical case study will demonstrate ways in which critical citizens can be fostered in a society. Overall, it will be argued that the best long-term way in which we can combat fake news is through the constant search for truth and for justifications for our beliefs, as well as taking responsibility for our knowledge. This solution to fake news necessitates independent responsibility, a 'Socratic' attitude towards truth, and active citizenship, which together constitute a political mode of existence. In addition to personal responsibility, institutional responsibility is vital in order to engender this attitude amongst citizens. This can be done through education or promoting media literacy, as well as ensuring an open society in which debate is encouraged, and returning the authority of truth in the public sphere. The proposed conclusion therefore emphasises the significance of the individual, who must be epistemically responsible for their beliefs, and the importance of institutions, which play a crucial role in making critical citizens. Fake news must be targeted at its fundamental level, namely as a problem of truth, and it is therefore vital that a Socratic attitude be encouraged in current liberal democracies, before there are further significant political events which are influenced by fake news.One of the most heated subjects which is currently being debated on an international scale is the problem of 'fake news'. It is widely considered a significant challenge for contemporary societies, and has even been called a threat to liberal democracies. This paper will investigate how are we able to combat this problem and find a long-term solution, in order to protect our societies from the harmful consequences of fake news. This will lead to an examination of the position of truth in the political sphere, its role in our epistemic lives, and the place truth has within news and media. It will be shown that fake news can be understood as essentially a problem concerning truth, our relationship to it, and its role in the political sphere. This issue will be explored using the case study of Jan Patočka, whose philosophical analysis can provide an illuminating way of understanding and finding a solution to fake news. Additionally, the example of Sweden will be examined in order to demonstrate how my conclusions can be implemented in practice. The latter empirical case study will demonstrate ways in which critical citizens can be fostered in a society. Overall, it will be argued that the best long-term way in which we can combat fake news is through the constant search for truth and for justifications for our beliefs, as well as taking responsibility for our knowledge. This solution to fake news necessitates independent responsibility, a 'Socratic' attitude towards truth, and active citizenship, which together constitute a political mode of existence. In addition to personal responsibility, institutional responsibility is vital in order to engender this attitude amongst citizens. This can be done through education or promoting media literacy, as well as ensuring an open society in which debate is encouraged, and returning the authority of truth in the public sphere. The proposed conclusion therefore emphasises the significance of the individual, who must be epistemically responsible for their beliefs, and the importance of institutions, which play a crucial role in making critical citizens. Fake news must be targeted at its fundamental level, namely as a problem of truth, and it is therefore vital that a Socratic attitude be encouraged in current liberal democracies, before there are further significant political events which are influenced by fake news.

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