THE POST-TRUTH PHENOMENON INFILTRATING THE US POLITICAL SYSTEM, MEDIA, AND POPULACE: THE CRITICAL THINKING ANALYSIS ABOUT DONALD TRUMP’S POLITICAL LEADERSHIP

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Published: Jun 14, 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47305/JLIA2282087a%20
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Post-Truth, Post-Trust, US Political System, Political Leadership, Critical Thinking Analysis, Donald Trump

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Aryati Arbay Evi
London School of Public Relations - Jakarta, Indonesia
Santoso Widodo Ari
London School of Public Relations - Jakarta, Indonesia

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Donald J. Trump, one of the 2016 US presidential candidates, is thought to have benefited from political fact-doctoring in his attempt to diminish his adversary's reputation using the post-truth phenomena. This research aimed to identify and analyze post-truth phenomena that infiltrated the political system, media, and the American people during Donald J. Trump's leadership. This study used a qualitative approach with a critical thinking analysis method. The findings found that individual rationality's post-truth disrupted and then directed to online information impulses, in which people tended to seek information that supported their own opinions, particularly on issues connected to Donald J. Trump's leadership in all sectors of policy, including irrelevant facts or reality and the use of language increasingly exploited by hyperbole without a clear basis reference.    

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Evi , Aryati Arbay, and Santoso Widodo Ari. 2022. “THE POST-TRUTH PHENOMENON INFILTRATING THE US POLITICAL SYSTEM, MEDIA, AND POPULACE: THE CRITICAL THINKING ANALYSIS ABOUT DONALD TRUMP’S POLITICAL LEADERSHIP”. Journal of Liberty and International Affairs 8 (2):87-107. https://doi.org/10.47305/JLIA2282087a .
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Vol. 8 No. 2 (2022): Journal of Liberty and International Affairs
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Aryati Arbay Evi , London School of Public Relations - Jakarta, Indonesia

Evi Aryati Arbay, M.A. The author is a postgraduate of International Communication from the London School of Public Relations who is interested in studying political communication, media, and regional studies. I currently work as Government Public relations and Independent Scholar and Researcher who focuses on Communication, Governance, Tourism, Ethnography, and Anthropology issues and have been published in major academic journals. I have also published a book for Dani Tribe “DANI, The Highlanders”, in terms of Stunting disease on Health Anthropology for the Baduy Tribe “BADUY Locked In Time” and Pacific War History in Biak Island “BIAK Debris of War”.

Santoso Widodo Ari , London School of Public Relations - Jakarta, Indonesia

Ari Santoso Widodo, Ph.D is the senior lecturer for media and regional studies in London School of Public Relation (LSPR). He also hold the role as Director of E-learning (Undergraduate) Program at LSPR.