Fake News - What's the Harm? : Four Ideas for Fact-Checkers, Policymakers and Platforms on Countering the Consequences of False Information and Defending Free Speech.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cunliffe-Jones, Peter, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freedom of speech.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (245 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Westminster Press, 2025.

Summary:

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

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part 1 – What Is ‘Fake News’?

Chapter 1 Defining Terms: Fake News, Misinformation and Disinformation

Chapter 2 Where and When False Information Has Effect: Why Setting and Context Matter

Chapter 3 Rethinking the Nature and Drivers of Information Disorder

Part 2 – What’s the Harm?

Chapter 4 Media Theory and Evidence of False Information Consequences

Chapter 5 How Changes in Factual Understanding May Cause or Contribute to These Consequences

Chapter 6 The Specific Substantive Consequences of False Information Examined for This Study

Part 3 – Predicting the Weather. Predicting Harm?

Chapter 7 A Model for Identifying the Potential of False Information to Cause or Contribute to Specific Consequences

Chapter 8 A Model for Identifying the Potential Field and Weight of False Information Consequences and Information Disorder

Conclusion

Suggested Further Reading

Appendices

Appendix 1 – Link to the Database and Guidelines Used for This Study

Appendix 2 – Fields and Evidence of Specific Substantive Consequences

Appendix 3 – Factors Affecting the Field and Weight of Consequences that Occur

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ISBN:

1-915445-38-8

OCLC:

1520428981