The role of the academic in the era of fake news
de Ruyter, A. (2020) The role of the academic in the era of fake news. Centre for Brexit Studies.
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Abstract
Today I want to revisit a piece I wrote for theTimes Higher Educationoutlet back in August (7th) 2018, entitled “The need to be both scholar and expert is an urgent one”. I was writing this in a Brexitcontext in looking at the myriad ways that misinformation, or downright lies, were widely used –mainly by the Leave side it has to be said –in the run-up to the referendum campaign. In so doing, I wanted to get to grips with the notion that the Internet, rather than necessarily being a means to more widely distil objective, evidence-based information, could just as easily become a platform to amplify existing prejudices and outright nonsense.
| Item Type: | Other |
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| Date: | 13 July 2020 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Centre for Brexit Studies, BCU, Birmingham City University, Academic, Academic, Fake News |
| Subjects: | X200 Research and Study Skills in Education X300 Academic studies in Education X900 Others in Education |
| Divisions: | Research, Innovation, Enterprise and Professional Services > Centre for Brexit Studies |
| Depositing User: | Bethan Tolley |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Jul 2020 13:49 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Jul 2020 13:49 |
| URI: | http://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/9577 |
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