Zoom talk on the long history of fake news
Reporters with various forms of "fake news" from an 1894 illustration by Frederick Burr Opper
THE CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS
at the American University of Paris
invite you to a Zoom talk by
Lee W. Huebner
Who will speak about his new book
The Fake News Panic of a Century Ago: The Discovery of Propaganda and the Coercion of Consent
Jim Bittermann of CNN Paris will moderate the conversation
Friday, February 12 , 2021 at 7 pm/19h CET-Paris (1 pm EST-NY time)
His new book explores some of the history of fake news, propaganda and the fear of the mob in the US. He is the former publisher and CEO of the International Herald Tribune newspaper and former special assistant to the President of the United States during the Nixon administration, Lee W. Huebner earned his Ph.D. and M.A. in history from Harvard University. He is the Airlie Professor of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University. He was also the President of the American University of Paris.
RSVP to bernahuebner@gmail.com
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The roots of "fake news" from UNESCO's World Trends Report