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Fake news is one of the frequently-used words of 2017, but is there anything new about it and why is it so significant? This is the question that Hugh McFaul, OU Lecturer in Law discusses with Phil...ip Seargeant, Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics in the second of the OU’s Brainteaser Month ((#BrainteaserMonth) academic videos: What’s fake about fake news? Hugh McFaul has research interests in law and religion, legal ethics and technology enhanced learning. Dr Philip Seargeant has research interests in language and social media, with a particular focus on the politics of online interaction; English around the world and language and creativity.
Fake news is one of the frequently-used words of 2017, but is there anything new about it and why is it so significant? This is the question that Hugh McFaul, OU Lecturer in Law discusses with Phil...ip Seargeant, Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics in the second of the OU’s Brainteaser Month ((#BrainteaserMonth) academic videos: What’s fake about fake news? Hugh McFaul has research interests in law and religion, legal ethics and technology enhanced learning. Dr Philip Seargeant has research interests in language and social media, with a particular focus on the politics of online interaction; English around the world and language and creativity.
| First transmission date: | 16-01-2018 |
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| Published: | 2018 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | Contact the OU Archive prior to any re-use. Contact university-archive@open.ac.uk. |
| Duration: | 00:09:23 |
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| Contributors: | Hugh McFaul; Philip Seargeant |
| Publisher: | The Open University |
| Link to related site: | External url: https://youtu.be/hmLtAGjhPaM |
| Production number: | OUR00177 |
| Available to public: | no |
