“Scrutinising The Media: Mistaken News, Censorship, In Addition To War” – Nov 4

It looks similar people are doing something most the simulated tidings together with propaganda inward our media.

A reminder that the effect “Scrutinising the media: Fake news, censorship, together with war” is taking house tomorrow, Sunday November 4, Lincoln, UK. It promises to survive an interesting together with highly relevant discussion.

More information at the events’s website. Or contact the organiser David Hughes at dhughes@lincoln.ac.ukThis effect volition engage the populace inward word together with ground most journalistic objectivity inward traditional together with social media. The aim is to enhance populace awareness of the techniques used past times the media inward lodge to status populace opinion, peculiarly alongside honour to war, together with therefore that citizens mightiness brand amend informed judgments most the tidings they consume.

The effect volition survive centred on the topical concept of ‘fake news’ together with volition explore how that concept is existence used to legitimise censorship. Attention volition survive drawn to the online censorship crusade currently existence waged past times Google, Facebook, Twitter, together with Wikipedia. The media’s move inward legitimising US/UK armed forces intervention inward Syrian Arab Republic volition survive explored, equally volition attempts past times mainstream tidings sources to unopen downward whatever challenge to the official narrative. The representative of Julian Assange together with its implications for gratuitous vocalism communication together with liberal values volition survive discussed together with debated.

Speakers volition include David Hughes (University of Lincoln), Piers Robinson (Sheffield University) together with Julie Hyland (Deputy National Secretary of the Socialist Equality Party). David is the effect organiser, Piers is a fellow member of the Working Group on Syria, Propaganda, together with Media, together with Julie campaigns against mesh censorship on behalf of the World Socialist Web Site.

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 Scrutinising the media: Fake news, censorship, together with war” – November 4