Fake News – What’s the harm?

Former news reporter and founder of Africa’s first fact-checking organisation Peter Cunliffe-Jones argues that since concern about ‘information disorder’ soared in 2016, we have laboured under flawed assumptions about the nature and effects of ‘fake news’ and misinformation. Based on a four-year rev...

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Main Author:	Cunliffe-Jones, Peter
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	University of Westminster Press 2025
Subjects:	Politics and government;Political structure and processes;Central / national / federal government policies;Media studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPH Political structure and processes thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPQ Central / national / federal government::JPQB Central / national / federal government policies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCT Media studies
Online Access:	https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/103347
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