Beyond Verification: Authenticity and Mis/Disinformation
Join Wendy Chun’s public lecture, hosted by Critical Inquiry. See description below:
“That fake news has affected recent political events in the US and abroad has become a truism; the sense that combating fake news entails more than fact checking and verification similarly has become accepted wisdom. So how do we understand and respond to fake news? This talk will map out different approaches to fake news in diverse disciplines/sectors, and outline a response that focuses on understanding why and how users find information to be true regardless of its facticity. Framing fake news as an intermedial narrative, it will outline an approach based in dramatic/literary conceptions of authenticity.”
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