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

• Published in: Journal of Liberty and International Affairs (Bitola) Vol. 8; no. 2; pp. 87 - 107
• Main Authors: Aryati Arbay, Evi, Santoso Widodo, Ari
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bitola Institute for Research and European Studies - Bitola 01-06-2022; Institute for Research and European Studies
• Subjects: Anthropology; Behaviorism; Candidates; Civil Society; Communication studies; Comparative politics; Corruption - Transparency - Anti-Corruption; Credibility; Critical thinking; Critical Thinking Analysis; Crowd Psychology: Mass phenomena and political interactions; Culture and social structure; Donald Trump; Electoral systems; Ethics / Practical Philosophy; Geopolitics; Governance; Government/Political systems; History and theory of political science; Hoaxes; Information technology; International relations/trade; Internet; Mass media; Media studies; Methodology and research technology; Peace and Conflict Studies; Philosophy; Political behavior; Political Leadership; Political psychology; Political Sciences; Political systems; Political Theory; Politics; Politics / Political Sciences; Politics and communication; Politics and Identity; Politics and law; Politics and religion; Politics and society; Politics of History/Memory; Post-Trust; Post-Truth; Presidential candidates; Presidential elections; Public Administration; Public relations; Qualitative research; Rationality; Rhetoric; Semiology; Social networks; Social Philosophy; Social Sciences; Society; Theory of Communication; Truth; US Political System; Welfare systems; Political Leadership; PostTrust; PostTruth; Donald Trump; US Political System; Critical Thinking Analysis
• ISSN: 1857-9760; 1857-9760
• DOI: 10.47305/JLIA2282087a

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.