New policy brief by Andrea Römmele and researcher Rafael Goldzweig proposes a multi-stakeholder approach to help people avoid being misguided by fake content.
Fake news and misinformation have played a role in several historical turning points, but the scale and impact they have achieved with the advent of the internet and social media gives the problem a new dimension. While news consumers and media companies have always been involved in the distribution of fake news and efforts to curtail it, tech companies have only recently entered the scene. A multi-stakeholder approach is needed to help people avoid being misguided by fake content – an approach that includes digital-skills education, innovative practices from news companies and journalists, and changing the incentives of internet companies.
Read the full policy brief, published by the Dahrendorf Forum.
More about the authors
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Andrea Römmele is a Professor of Communication in Politics and Civil Society at the Hertie School and Co-Chair of the Dahrendorf Working Group ‘“Societal Change, Politics and the Public Sphere”.
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Rafael Goldzweig is a Research Associate for the Dahrendorf Forum at the Hertie School.
