Wednesday 14 February 2018 – Lunchtime Seminar with Dr David Clarke (Reader in Journalism)

Speaker: Dr David Clarke, Reader in Journalism, Sheffield Hallam University From ‘Freddie Starr Ate My Hamster’ to PizzaGate: what is Fake News and what can we do about it? Journalism Reader David Clarke has published research on false news and propaganda disseminated by governments and media organisations during the First and Second World War. In this presentation he traces the […]

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David Clarke talks about Fake News and WW1 on BBC Radio

Image from Punch of so-called 'cadaver factory'

If you caught Dr David Clarke‘s appearance on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Radio 5 live or BBC York last week, you might be interested in this article on ‘The corpse factory and the birth of fake news‘ David has written for the BBC News website. David Clarke is a Principal Research Fellow in Journalism in the Communications and Computing […]

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