Tackling the information crisis: a policy framework for media system resilience - the report of the LSE Commission on Truth Trust and Technology

Beckett, Charlie and Livingstone, Sonia ORCID: 0000-0002-3248-9862 (2018) Tackling the information crisis: a policy framework for media system resilience - the report of the LSE Commission on Truth Trust and Technology. . London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Media and Communications, London, UK.

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There is a crisis of trust in information. Technology offers unprecedented potential to support informed debate and decision-making, but the threats to reliable information and a healthy public debate are growing. Politicians, regulators, platforms, news media and campaigners are responding, with mixed motives and uncertain results. While most share the view that the information crisis needs addressing, each stakeholder has its own interests. The digital platforms, news organisations, political campaigners and civil society all need to be part of a new integrated policy arrangement. This report seeks to rise above the fray. It outlines the contours of the crisis and some of the evidence for the harm caused. It argues for a bold, structural approach to address what is a systemic problem of a crisis of trust in information.

Item Type:	Monograph (Report)
Official URL:	https://www.lse.ac.uk/media-and-communications/tru...
Additional Information:	© 2018 LSE
Divisions:	Media and Communications
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HE Transportation and Communications P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN1990 Broadcasting H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
Date Deposited:	28 Aug 2020 13:48
Last Modified:	12 Dec 2024 06:12
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/106269

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