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Apr 16, 2026
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IN 337 - In the News: The Real, the Fake, and the SpectacleCredits: 4
Welcome to the present. Some call it the “post-truth” era. It is a time when fact and fabrication blend in the spectacle of the real. A time in which “fake news”-encompassing mis- and disinformation, falsehoods, rumors, hoaxes, and various forms of propaganda-proliferates, undermining trust and threatening democracy. Drawing from media studies, communication studies, performance studies, and philosophy, this course critically examines the constitution of fakeness and the politics of truth in our times, and investigates the mechanisms sustaining fake news and ways to counter its spread.
Course Restrictions: Junior standing
Liberal Arts Perspective(s): Interdisciplinary
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