fake news – The Barricade

The chance of truth surviving the onslaught of power is very slim

Thomas Klikauer - Catherine Link
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Even before the timely political demise of Donald Trump and the unfortunate persistence of British prime minister Boris Johnson (BoJo), the issue of lying and liars has been hotly debated. Our time may well be...

The Social Dilemma – a documentary about what we already know

Maria Cernat
Analysis
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Oxford University has recently published a study, according to which conspiracy videos on YouTube on the Covid-19 pandemic were watched by more viewers than the audiences of the five most popular TV channels in the...

“The bigger the lie, the more people tend to fall for it”

Maria Cernat
Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe
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[caption id="attachment_24" align="aligncentral" width="549"] Maria ȚoghinăSource: Personal Archives[/caption] In 2016 the Romanian government changed the law that regulated the financing of public media channels. Before 2016 every taxpayer used to pay a fixed amount of...

Alina Bârgăoanu: Phenomenon of fake news shows how the West falls prey to extreme moods and emotions

Maria Cernat
Global affairs
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Professor Alina Bârgăoanu is Dean of the College of Communication and Public Relations at the National University of Political Science and Public Administration in Romania. She was appointed in the spring of 2018 to be...

David Hazinski: The public’s lost faith in media opened the door for trolls

Maria Cernat
Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe
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David Hazinski is one of the most important media specialists in the world. He worked for six years as a foreign correspondent for the well-known American TV station, NBC News; for over 30 years, he...

Independent media, social networks and conspiracy theories

Maria Cernat
Global affairs
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The mass media have evolved beyond our imagination. We are communicating, at least in one part of the world, more easily than ever. Still, as the technology evolved, the quality of journalism did not. Journalists...

The chance of truth surviving the onslaught of power is very slim

“The bigger the lie, the more people tend to fall for it”

Alina Bârgăoanu: Phenomenon of fake news shows how the West falls prey to extreme moods and emotions

David Hazinski: The public’s lost faith in media opened the door for trolls

Independent media, social networks and conspiracy theories

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