Old and New Problems

In Chap. 2 I characterize the three identified groups of current problems in public communication: disinformation and denialism, hate speech, and contempt for political correctness. I also analyze the social actors responsible for them and the actors that are usually atacked by these speeches; the historical and current structural, economic, social and cultural conditions that favor their development; and their personal, social, communicative and political consequences. Therefore, I examine the contemporary threats to democratic public communication as well as the communication and social rules that they challenge.