All Outputs (3)

Can Fake News busters replace editors? (2017)
Journal Article
Bekerman, M. (2017). Can Fake News busters replace editors?

In the debate about how to tackle the growing phenomenon of Fake News, much attention is devoted to countermeasures such as fact-checking or better media literacy, but less to the root cause of the problem. Considerable criticism focuses on the failu... Read More about Can Fake News busters replace editors?.

Fake news and the future of independent journalism (2017)
Journal Article
Bekerman, M. (2017). Fake news and the future of independent journalism

"Fake News" have pushed up the agenda of discussions among journalists and are beginning to dominate debate about the future direction of journalism and its current ailments. Clearly, fake news is not only about alternative facts, but in some ways ab... Read More about Fake news and the future of independent journalism.

The year of the penguin (2017)
Journal Article
Bekerman, M. (2017). The year of the penguin

A reflection on the global political trends and aspects of discrimination in the current climate or right-wing tendencies and isolationism in the Anglo-Saxon world.