Last summer, the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union in what bettors, financial markets and the London-based media regarded as a colossal upset. Reporters and pundits were quick to blame the polls for the unexpected result. But the polls had been fine, more or less: In the closing days of the Brexit campaign, they’d shown an almost-even race, and Leave’s narrow…

We’ve used this phrase so many times in the past two months that it’s almost lost meaning — partly because it can mean so many different things. Depending on who you talk to, “fake news” may refer to satirical news, hoaxes, news that’s clumsily framed or outright wrong, propaganda, lies destined for viral clicks and advertising dollars, politically motivated half-truths, and more. Fonte:…

The digital revolution is in full swing. How will it change our world? The amount of data we produce doubles every year. In other words: in 2016 we produced as much data as in the entire history of humankind through 2015. Every minute we produce hundreds of thousands of Google searches and Facebook posts. These contain information that reveals how we think and…

While the media demands trust from audiences, business models favour clicks, views and shares, explained James Ball, special correspondent, BuzzFeed UK, at the 'Fake news: Inside the problem and how to fix it' panel discussion at City University earlier this week (1 March). Fonte: Journalism.co.uk Link: https://www.journalism.co.uk/video/how-journalism-business-models-are-fuelling-the-misinformation-ecosystem/s400/a700605/

Para historiadores, o que é visto como surpresa no mundo contemporâneo costuma ter um ar de déjà-vu. "Temos esse hábito irritante de dizer ao mundo que o que as pessoas veem hoje como novidade sempre existiu", brinca o historiador americano Robert Darnton. Fonte: Folha de São Paulo Link: http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/ilustrissima/2017/02/1859726-noticias-falsas-existem-desde-o-seculo-6-afirma-historiador-robert-darnton.shtml