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How propaganda works in the hybrid media system

Article
Ania Borkusewicz
07/01/2022
18 minutes to read

They catch our attention, waste time, and bombard us with clickbaity titles whenever we scroll social media: junk and fake news are significant problems of today's internet. This article shows how they can be used to spread propaganda.

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The Global Compact on Migration and its discontents

Column
Jan Blommaert
20/11/2018
7 minutes to read

The Global Compact for Migration has "evidence-based public discourse" as one of its objectives. Remarkably, this requirement has led to huge controversy. Are we moving towards a fact-free open society?

Are the photos of Manu Brabo art?

Article
Isabell Wutz
18/02/2016
4 minutes to read

Can photography which depicts dire situations truly be seen as art? A case study of Manu Brabo's Al Jazeera photos.