02 Aug Reflections on post-truth in the age of the digital communication revolution – a dialogue with John Keane
Published in the Shanghai Journalism Review, Issue 8 (2018)
01 Aug Sydney Ideas | Is storytelling bad for science?
A Sydney Ideas event for Innovation Week 2018, exploring the possibility that storytelling is exactly what science needs, with a view to answering the question: Is storytelling bad for science? Featuring Professor Nick Enfield, screen-writer John Collee, dramatist Alana Valentine, Professor Geraint Lewis and Professor Jennifer...
24 Jul Our job as scientists is to find the truth. But we must also be storytellers
By Nick Enfield Science can’t exist without telling a story. The question is not whether we should use it, but how we should use it best Scientists often struggle to communicate the findings of research. Our subject matter can be technical and not easily digested by a...
01 Jun ‘Thinking about the post-truth controversies in the West’ – A seminar at Wuhan University, China, 23 May 2018
约翰·基恩：后真相与数字通信革命
2018年5月23日下午三点，国际知名学者、悉尼大学教授约翰·基恩（John Keane）应武汉大学媒体发展研究中心邀请，在武汉大学新闻与传播学院331会议室发表了以“对近期西方争论的‘后真相’的反思（On Post-Truth Reflections on Recent Western Debates）”为主题的学术讲座。本场讲座属于“中国传播创新论坛”系列学术活动。01 Jun Media and Democracy in “The Post-Truth Era”: An Interview with Professor John Keane
By LIU Moxiao Interview Background This article is a revised transcript of an interview with John Keane, Professor of Politics at the University of Sydney and at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB), and co-founder and director of the Sydney Democracy Network (SDN). Professor Keane is renowned globally for...
02 May Legal precedent based on false beliefs proves hard to overturn
False beliefs about language and speech underlie legal precedents that allow jurors to be “assisted” by unreliable transcripts of forensic audio. The Everett Collection/Shutterstock Helen Fraser, University of New England This article is part of an ongoing series from the Post-Truth Initiative, a Strategic Research Excellence Initiative at...
27 Mar Post-truth politics and why the antidote isn’t simply ‘fact-checking’ and truth
John Keane, University of Sydney This article is part of the Revolutions and Counter Revolutions series, curated by Democracy Futuresas a joint global initiative between the Sydney Democracy Network and The Conversation. The project aims to stimulate fresh thinking about the many challenges facing democracies in...
18 Mar How Truth Matters to People
By Nick Enfield, 1 September 2017, The Cube Magazine // B // Truth.Pages 36-41. Originally published on The Cube Magazine ...
24 Jan Reflections on Post Truth – Lecture at WZB by John Keane
Lecture within the WZB public event series "Achtung: Demokratie", held on January 17, 2018 at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center There are many signs that we have entered a ‘post-truth’ era defined by the burial of ‘objective facts’ thanks to a public avalanche of ‘appeals...
05 Dec Truth, Evidence, and Reason: who can we believe?
This panel discussion dissects the current state of public discourse around truth, evidence, and reason, and associated questions including trust, faith, and identity. Our international panellists are at the forefront of current debate on rational discourse and the post-truth crisis. In this Sydney Ideas event, hosted...