Suitable for Framing or Wrapping Fish: the Inevitability of Fake News
17:30, Tue 23rd May, 2017
The Chaplaincy Centre, 1 Bristo Place, Edinburgh EH8 9AL
Free.
The talk will be given by Professor Stephen Brown who is Professor of English Literature at the University of Trent, Canada. His talk proposes that the phenomenon of “fake news” is nothing new. Looking at examples from the early evolution of the Edinburgh press, he will explore if news has ever been separate from business and political interests and whether the ephemeral nature of the press on page and screen encourages fakery. The talk will be chaired by Nick Bibby who has a background in political journalism and works for the University of Edinburgh’s School of Social and Political Science.
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