Research On News Authenticity In The Post-truth Era

In the field of Journalism and communication,"news authenticity" is not only an old problem,but also an unfading one,which almost runs through the development of the whole discipline.In the post-truth era,the development of technology and the progress of society give ordinary people the right to access and use media,journalism& communication have reached an unprecedented degree of universality and convenience.Meanwhile,the journalism theory and practice in the era of mass media have been subverted,and its connotation,way of realization,pursuit of essence have undergone a series of changes.Therefore,it can be said that in the post-truth era,news authenticity is becoming more and more complex,which needs to be given new thinking and exploration.Based on the content analysis method and case study method,this study analyzes the changes of news authenticity in the post-truth era,and thinks about the measures to adapt to the real evolution.This study takes the annual reversal news from 2015 to2019 as an example,analyzes the characteristics of the reversal news from three aspects: original features,reversal features and the content features;then analyzes the characteristics of reversal news in different stages by analyzing “the death of Wang Fengya” in 2018.Based on the above analysis,it is clear that in the post-truth era,a series of changes have taken place in news authenticity,including the following four aspects:the extension of news "facts" is expanded;news authenticity is achieved through fragmentation communication;cognitive authenticity is regarded as the purpose of news authenticity,and the realization of news authenticity is accompanied by social demands.Therefore,news media organizations needs to enhance their own agenda-setting ability,netizens need to define their own communication roles clearly,and online media platforms should also take the relevant responsibilities.Through the cooperation of these three aspects,it is helpful to provide people with high-qualitynews information service.