[ecrea] '"Fake News!": An Historical Perspective' - NPHFI Conference 2017

'"Fake News!": An Historical Perspective' - NPHFI Conference 2017 -
Registration Open

Registration is now open for the Newspaper and Periodical History
Forum of Ireland's (NPHFI) 2017 conference '"Fake News!": An
Historical Perspective' that takes place at Newcastle University, UK,
on Friday 10 and Saturday 11 November.

This year's conference features two very exciting keynotes from Prof.
James Curran (Goldsmiths, University of London) on 'The moral decline
of the British press' and Prof. Aled Gruffyd Jones (Panteion
University, Athens), 'Is news fake? A long view'.

Fake news is a term that has become familiar in late 2016 and 2017,
not least because of international political developments. But is it
necessarily a new phenomenon? The control, presentation and
manipulation of news has played a key role in the, sometimes
tumultuous, history of Anglo-Irish relations. And a similarly
important role in the assertion and subversion of power in colonial,
totalitarian and radical societies throughout history worldwide.

To what extent does fake news, and its close relative propaganda,
represent active falsification of information and the dissemination of
misinformation, as opposed to the reporting of mistakes or errors due
to confusion? What are the implications of the accusation of fake news
for a report or news outlet? How does historical perspective change
the evaluation of whether something is fake news? The NPHFI seeks to
investigate this phenomenon and its historical application in the
print media at its tenth annual conference.

Registration is via the NPHFI's Eventbrite page
(www.eventbrite.ie/e/fake-news-an-historical-perspective-nphfi-conference-2017-tickets-38503196096).
For further information keep an eye on NPHFI social media: Facebook
facebook.com/NPHistoryForum, Twitter @NPHistoryForum.

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