Pragmatist Media Ethics and the Challenges of Fake News

Increasing attention is being directed at the impact of fake news on democratic societies across the globe. Scholars in a range of fields are attempting to determine who is behind fake news propaganda efforts, what its effects are, and how to combat it using technological means. This study looks at the ethical issues raised in the fight against fake news. By developing an outline of a pragmatist media ethics, this article examines the complex ethical terrain of the normative challenges of fake news. The pragmatist approach to fake news emphasizes the conflicting values and outcomes at stake in attempts to conceptualize and eradicate fake news. Such an imaginative engagement with the phenomenon of disinformation on its own terms is an essential first step in diagnosing its ethical challenges and potential solutions.