This brief commentary discusses a recent paper by Speed and Mannion that explores “The Rise of post truth populism in liberal democracies: challenges for health policy.” It considers their assertion that through meaningful democratic engagement in health policy, some of the risks brought about by an exclusionary populist politics can be mediated. With an overview of what participation means in ...

Emotions play an important role in many volitional processes. In this regard, the somatic marker hypothesis (SMH) (Damasio et al., 1991; Damasio, 1994, 1996) has proven enormously influential in cognitive science. Despite having been formulated more than two decades ago, much related bibliography has appeared in recent years (e.g., Leland and Grafman, 2005; Reimann and Bechara, 2010; Olsen et a...

This brief commentary discusses a recent paper by Speed and Mannion that explores "The Rise of post truth populism in liberal democracies: challenges for health policy." It considers their assertion that through meaningful democratic engagement in health policy, some of the risks brought about by an exclusionary populist politics can be mediated. With an overview of what participation means in ...

This article concerns the emergence, definition, and characteristic of phenomenon “post-truth” how its characteristics are used in connection with historical narratives by various political forces for their own goals. The article’s goal is to identify spreaders post-truth results domestic foreign policy, or, case spreader being a contesting politician vying power, electoral support. research ut...

The debate over the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) in late 2018 showcases crucial role of digital and, particular, social media as vehicles disinformation that populist actors can exploit an effort to create resentment fear public sphere. While mainstream political legacy initially did not address issue, right-wing claimed ownership by framing (presumably <em&gt...