Journalistic Power in The Post-Truth Age

In recent years, Internet communication technology has undergone a qualitative leap, and news communication is no longer used exclusively by traditional mainstream media and professional reporters, the microphone of communication is in the hands of everyone, and the diversification of communication subjects brings about the complication of communication behaviour. In the process of communication, the audience are lost in the mass of information, and fragments of true and false information are intermingled and flooded. In the media space, emotions have become more important than facts, leading to frequent lack of facts and truths in news communication activities. Emotional venting and opinion interpretation are popular, and the post-truth age follows. After entering the post-truth era, the authenticity of news faces frequent rumours, news reversal become normal, and the media's failure to trust the people. This will cause the loss of online public opinion, the decline of media morality, the loss of public groups, and the loss of government credibility. These undoubtedly challenge the meaning of journalism professionalism.The methodological basis of the dissertation is based on the study of the literature, the application of general scientific methods (method of analysis, synthesis, induction, deduction, comparison, classification), as well as the study of news cases.