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Meta-Talk #2: Welcome to the Post-Reality Era

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Published on December 18, 2025

In 2016, “post-truth” was named Word of the Year by the Oxford Dictionary. The term describes a world in which emotion matters more than information. Less than ten years later, have we once again entered a new era - the era of post-reality?

    This question was already at the heart of theBienvenue en Post-réalité trendbook published last June by Méta-Media, through contributions from researchers, journalists, philosophers and media specialists.

     

    To continue the conversation, Méta-Media, under the editorial leadership of Kati Bremme, is releasing a new episode of Meta-Talk, its programme dedicated to analysing media and information.

     

    Does truth still exist? How can we define reality? In the age of generative AI, what weight do facts, images, or videos still carry? Can we make sense of this chaotic information landscape? And above all, how can we agree again on basic facts on something as simple as the fact that two plus two equals four?

     

    Apolline Guillot, philosopher and Editor-in-Chief at Philonomist, Fabrice Arfi, co-head of the Investigations desk at Mediapart, and Thibaut Bruttin, Director General of Reporters Without Borders, offer nuanced perspectives on the evolution of our digital landscape, changes that reach well beyond the online world and have very real consequences for our lives, as well as on the collective solutions we can adopt to keep our feet firmly on the ground.

     

    Hosted by Alexandra Klinnik, Meta-Talk #2: Welcome to the Post-Reality Era is available on France Télévisions’ YouTube channel and on your preferred podcast platform.

    Méta-Talk #2 : Bienvenue en post-réalité et comment y garder les pieds sur terre !

     

    And if you missed the first episode of Meta-Talk, dedicated to the relationship between journalists and content creators, it is still available for free in replay and podcast format.

    Journaliste - Influenceur : décryptage d’une relation « Je t’aime, moi non plus »

     

    Written by Océane Lauro
    Published on December 18, 2025

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