fake news and fake politics march 2017
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Journalism and Politics:Fake news and fake politics
Prof Charlie Beckett@CharlieBeckett
March 2017
What does journalism do for politics?
• Information [facts, records, statistics, events,
policies]• Deliberation [debate, analysis, comment, opinion]• Accountability [investigation, audit, voice for
citizen, campaigns]
History of political news: a battle between journalists & power
• Inns of court• Holborn printers• Covent Garden coffee houses• Fleet Street national newsrooms• Broadcasting – public and commercial• Old Street – Tech City
News is now networked and blended into information ecology
• Mixed market of publishers (legacy, native, amateur, corporate etc)
• More, varied platforms (TV, radio, print, SM, Internet)• On demand and personalised• Direct communication (disintermediation)• Online and mobile• Different formats: video, data visualisations, alerts• User at the centre• Narrative control and influence now ‘distributed’
Politicians
News Media
Public
Political reporting is now networked
Media
Politicians
Abundance of sources = lack of trust?
Abundance of sources = lack of trust?
Abundance of sources = lack of trust?
Abundance of sources = lack of trust?
Mixed media ecology: legacy, native & social
Blended, personal, emotional
What digital can do for democracy
• More information• Citizen voice and
participation• Media held to account• Access to politicians• Direct communication
(disintermediation)
• Information overload• Faster• More personal (filter
bubbles)• More emotional
(personalities, anger)• Manipulation,
misinformation
Filter bubbles now
Filter bubbles then?
A new kind of (anti-media) politics?
It’s not working yet…
Disrupting media as a strategy
Contact me:
Prof Charlie BeckettPolis, LSE
@CharlieBeckettc.h.beckett@lse.ac.uk
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