506316-HS2025-0-Fake News and Desinformation





Root number 506316
Semester HS2025
Type of course Exercise
Allocation to subject History
Type of exam not defined
Title Fake News and Desinformation
Description Fake news, disinformation, misinformation or rumours are not side effects of the internet, but have existed in the past. Fake news now has its own history. There is an obvious connection with a critical reception of media and, especially for historians, with a well-founded criticism of sources. In the exercise, the topic of fake news will be examined on the basis of new representations and research in order to then look at typical cases using selected text and image examples.

Keil, Lars-Broder, Kellerhoff, Sven Felix: Fake News machen Geschichte: Gerüchte und Falschmeldungen im 20. und 21. Jahrhundert. Berlin 2017.
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Lecturers PD Dr. Carmen ScheideInstitute of History, Modern and Contemporary History 
ECTS 5
Recognition as optional course possible Yes
Grading 1 to 6
 
Dates Thursday 10:15-12:00 Weekly
 
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