Within a week of one another came two reports on the future of journalism in an age of big tech: The Cairncross Review (on 12 Feb) and The Commons DCMS Committee Final Report into Fake News and Disinformation (14 Feb – but with its excoriating criticism of Facebook, anything but a Valentine to Mark Zuckerberg). Read the rest of this entry »
Journalism vs Churnalism: The push for “quality marks” in online news – Zoe McCallum
26 02 2019Comments : Leave a Comment »
Tags: Cairncross Review, DCMS Committee, Fake News, Zoe McCallum
Categories : Journalism, Media Regulation
DCMS final report: Disinformation and “fake news”, Some initial thoughts – Zoe McCallum
20 02 2019
The final report of the Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee on Disinformation and Fake News [pdf] was published on 18 February 2019. It is the product of an 18 month process – far in excess of the normal timeframe for Select Committee inquiries, involving 170 written submissions and 73 oral witnesses. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: DCMS Committee, Fake News, Zoe McCallum
Categories : Internet, Media Regulation, Social Media
News: DCMS Committee publishes its final report, “Disinformation and ‘fake news'”
19 02 2019
The House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee has published its final report on “Disinformation and ‘fake news’” [pdf] after an inquiry lasting 18 months. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: DCMS Committee, Fake News
Categories : Internet, Social Media
Why talking about ‘disinformation’ misses the point when considering radical right ‘alternative’ media – Julia Rone
9 01 2019
In light of the upcoming European Parliament elections, the European Commission published its Action Plan against Disinformation last month, aimed at protecting EU’s “democratic systems and public debates”. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Fake News, Julia Rone, LSE Media Policy Project Blog
Categories : Journalism, Media
Regulating online platforms for misinformation and disinformation – Mark Bunting
2 10 2018
How to deal with misinformation is a topic of significant debate in the UK, and a focus of the LSE Commission on Truth, Trust and Technology, which will launch its report in November. The Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee has released its interim report from its inquiry into fake news, and is likely to publish its final report in the coming months. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Fake News, LSE. Media Policy Project, Mark Bunting
Categories : Internet, Social Media
In the era of ‘fake news’, Americans would like to change the media model – Marc Fleurbaey
18 07 2018
In a November 2016 article, Nick Couldry and Clemencia Rodriguez (from the International Panel on Social Progress) stated that “media infrastructure is a common good whose governance and design should be much more open to democratic engagement than currently.” Does the population agree with this view? Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Fake News, Marc Fleurbaey, The Conversation
Categories : Internet, Journalism, Social Media
France: The legal fight against ‘fake news’ must not veer into censorship – Matthew Fraser
16 06 2018
France’s parliament is debating a law that would give the state the power to censor “fake news”. If the law is passed, the French state will have the powers to ban, through a court order, the publication of any news considered false in run-up period before elections. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Donald Trump, Fake News, Matthew Fraser, The Conversation
Categories : France, Journalism
Fake news week: three stories that reveal the extreme pressure journalism is now under – Richard Sambrook
3 06 2018
Three news stories in as many days have betrayed how little understood – or apparently respected – are some of the core principles which underline reputable journalism. For those who believe that trustworthy news and information – and strong institutions behind them – matter in a democracy it is a worrying sign. For the growing numbers of media cynics, it is further evidence of media elitism or corruption. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Fake News, Richard Sambrook, The Conversation
Categories : Journalism
Some problems with EU measures against fake news, Dutch Media v EU – Emiel Jurjens and Jens van den Brink
17 05 2018
The EU is stepping up its fight against fake news. It recently published a new policy document (the ‘Communication on Tackling online disinformation’ of 26 April 2018) proposing several measures against fake news. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Emiel Jurjens, Fake News, Jens van den Brink
Categories : EU
Fake news has always existed, but quality journalism has a history of survival – Jackie Harrison
3 05 2018
Donald Trump’s insistence that any challenges to the actions and utterances of the president are “fake news” is particularly chilling because it resembles a tactic used by authoritarian regimes seeking ways to silence independent reporting. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Fake News, Jackie Harrison, The Conversation
Categories : Journalism
