Online Post-Truth Politics? An Analysis of the Campaign Argumentation and Evidence Advanced on Facebook by UK Members of Parliament

• In Event: Fake News, False News, and Misinformation

Brief Overview

Study of the Facebook communication – and specifically the use of argumentation and evidence – of UK members of parliament (MPs) in light of the EU Referendum, to better understand perceptions of post-truth politics, misinformation, fake news.

Authors

• Esmeralda Bon, University of Nottingham

• Roselinde Bon, University of Amsterdam