Volume : 6, Issue : 4, April - 2017

POST-TRUTH : AN ANALYSIS IN THE PRESENT ERA

Dr. B. N. Doddappa

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<span style="font-family: &quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;, serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: 28.35pt;">After much discussion, debate and research, Oxford dictionary declared 2016 word of the year - ‘Post-truth‘ defined as relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion *1.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:11.35pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:&#10;0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:28.35pt;&#10;line-height:22.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;,serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>