Tag Archives: Fake News

Professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat expert on fascism and authoritarian leaders

Misinformation on Social Media: A Threat to Democracy

Amanda Christensen, ideaXme guest contributor, Deepfake and Media Misinformation Researcher and Marketing Manager at Cubaka, interviews Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Professor of History and Italian Studies at New York University and advisor to Protect Democracy. Amanda Christensen comments: Our relationship with social media is often conflicting. On the one hand, we’re more connected than ever before, both with one another […]

Ben Hammersley

Ben Hammersley Futurist Defines Our New Normal In The Age Of Coronavirus

Amanda Christensen, ideaXme guest interviewer, interviews Ben Hammersley, one of the world’s leading futurists and founder of international Strategic Foresight agency Hammersley Futures. Amanda Christensen comments: Our world as we know it has seemingly changed overnight as countries globally make the decision to impose lockdown-type mandates in a worldwide effort to slow the spread of […]

Prioritising Facts Over Fear in the Age of Coronavirus

Prioritising Facts Over Fear in the Age of Coronavirus

Media manipulation is not a new phenomenon, but the means and speed by which fake news reaches the general public is drastically changing thanks to the instantaneous nature of social media. With social media algorithms and our own patterns of content consumption favouring sensationalist content, it’s easy to prey on the public’s desperation for information […]

A Decade That Defined the Meaning of Relationships

Who Am I? I am Tali Ramsey, a writer, filmmaker and millennial born in the 90s. Over the past decade, I have begun navigating real adulthood in a hyper-connected world and the relationships that come with this time of life and context. Learning to prioritise and filter to choose the right people is a skill that […]