Populist Postmodernism: When Cultural Critique of an Enlightenment Occupation Goes Viral

Abstract

Journalism as an occupation has deep roots in the Enlightenment. The criticisms it faces, in contrast, reflect a populist permutation of Postmodernist critiques. This essay explores the implications for contemporary journalism, ending with suggestions for how practitioners might best respond.

Keywords

• democracy
• enlightenment
• journalism
• populism
• postmodernism
• truth