Peter Cunliffe-Jones

Broschiertes Buch

Fake News - What's the harm?

Four ideas for fact-checkers, policymakers & platforms on countering the consequences of false information & defending free speech

Beschreibung

Former news reporter and founder of Africaâ s first fact-checking organisation Peter Cunliffe-Jones argues that since concern about â information disorderâ soared in 2016, we have laboured under flawed assumptions about the nature and effects of â fake newsâ and misinformation.

Autor

Peter Cunliffe-Jones has been a Visiting Researcher at University of Westminster since 2019. While working as a reporter and editor for the AFP News Agency from 1990 to 2016, he founded Africa Check, Africa's first fact-checking organisation, in 2012. He served on the advisory board of the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) from 2015-2024 where he helped develop the IFCN Code of Principles, used by more than 170 organisations worldwide. He has advised platforms and fact-checkers and has published on regulation of misinformation and the teaching of media literacy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Westminster Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 151mm x 229mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 416g
• ISBN-13: 9781915445360
• ISBN-10: 1915445361
• Artikelnr.: 72508123