{"product_id":"fake-news-what-s-the-harm","title":"Fake News – What’s the harm?","description":"\u003cp\u003eFormer 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. Based on a four-year review of 250 case studies, Cunliffe-Jones sets out four ideas for fact-checkers, policymakers and platforms to curb harmful consequences and protect wider freedom of speech. First, information disorder is about more than misinformation. Second, misinformation in offline settings can cause as big a problem as misinformation online. Third, misinformation that affects policymakers can be as bad as misinformation that affects the public. Fourth, he proposes a model for fact-checkers, researchers and platforms to distinguish false claims that do and do not have substantive potential to cause substantive consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Westminster Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54250121396568,"sku":"9781915445360","price":32.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781915445360_0aedd592-98ab-4c7a-b28a-f928b79c3847.jpg?v=1777885215","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/fake-news-what-s-the-harm","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}