Rural community and vulnerability to post-truth  exploitation

Austin, Adelaine

Rural community and vulnerability to post-truth exploitation

dc.contributor.author	Austin, Adelaine
dc.coverage	Canada
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dc.date.accessioned	2026-03-26T12:26:29Z
dc.date.available	2026-03-26T12:26:29Z
dc.date.issued	2023
dc.departmentName	Philosophy & Applied Ethics
dc.description.abstract	The impetus at which consciousness has been coaxed into a ‘post-truth’way of being over the last decade of the information age is a worthy content on a research agenda. In relation, the slow scholarship movement has gained momentum as a response to contemporary post-truth discourses. The post-truth way may be typified by a presentation of information which manifests in the form of sensationalist, fast-paced, knee-jerk reaction to issues. It can be characterized by a failure to assess veracity through a rigorous evaluation of evidence. Unfortunately, time does not permit to question beyond to ensure that uttered words are consistent with integrity or moral and ethical dimensions of communication that allows truth to prevail. The slow scholarship movement implores a more thoughtful, conscientious, and ethical conduct that values quality over sensationalism. The observable direction of the post truth era bears heavily on the sculpting of public life and opinion. It has implications for governance and social policy. It has implications for peace and peace of mind, in particular. It has implications for truth and knowledge. It has existential implications. It is with slow scholarship reckoning that this paper treats a challenge of post-truth consequence. Through a review of literature and a synthesis of discourse related to post-truth associated phenomena this paper presents the framework for the study that considers vulnerability of rural communities as an exploited and oppressed segment of the post truth era. This paper recognizes that the post-truth paradigm presents a new set of complexities that need to be examined in terms of its effect on society. One of the complexities is a propensity toward an environment in which society is susceptible to manipulation and thereby the potential for exploitation is heightened.
dc.faculty	Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
dc.identifier.citation	Austin, A.C. 2023. Rural community and vulnerability to post-truth exploitation. OIDA International Journal of Sustainable Development, 16(12), pp.97-110.
dc.identifier.issn	1923-6662 (online)
dc.identifier.issn	1923-6654 (print)
dc.identifier.other	https://ssrn.com/abstract=4672417
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10530/59040
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dc.issuenumber	16 / 12
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dc.language.iso	English
dc.pages	97 - 110
dc.peerreviewed	Yes
dc.publisher	Ontario International Development Agency
dc.subject	Exploitation
dc.subject	Information disorder
dc.subject	Post-truth
dc.subject	Rurality
dc.subject	Vulnerability
dc.title	Rural community and vulnerability to post-truth exploitation
dc.title.journal	OIDA International Journal of Sustainable Development
dc.type	Journal Article
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