20 Dec 2019

A documentary about Fake News

From Assignment, 9:00 am on 20 December 2019
Fake news generic pic. 11 January 2019

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A wave of dubious, unfiltered news content has been sweeping the world and potentially influencing the minds of many voters in recent elections, in both the US and the UK. Could this surge of Fake News and micro-targeted social media campaigns create problems here in New Zealand? Inspired by the Cambridge Analytica scandal of 2016, a group of New Zealand Broadcasting School at Ara students ask some local electoral experts about how New Zealanders can protect themselves and stay vigilant.

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In association with the New Zealand Broadcasting School at Ara