Boris Noordenbos will be part of an expert panel discussion at SPUI25

How New Media Reshape Traditional News Agencies and Politics: Fake News, Lügenpresse, and Disinformation Campaigns in the US, Germany and Russia

With the coming of age of digital media, the social debates on the importance of fake news, media hoaxes and disinformation came into focus of analysts, scholars and politicians. Interestingly, this global phenomenon has had similar features while developing within various local contexts. Particularly the US, Germany and Russia are of interest, since fake news has risen in different social contexts and the concept has different meanings in these countries. The experts Hanco Jürgens, Katy Hull and Boris Noordenbos will discuss the global influence of the new media on both traditional news-gathering and politics.