Humanities, fact checking and fake news with Sarah Turnnidge from Full Fact

07/14/23 • 29 min

In this time when "fake news" and "alternative facts" have become buzzwords, arts and humanities are more important than ever. Professional fact checker Sarah Turnnidge from Full Fact joins Bryony Armstrong to discuss:

How her humanities background prepared her for being a professional fact checker
Academic English as a lens to look at different topics
Humanities as a natural place for the study of misinformation
The role of AI in misinformation and how humanities can analyse that
How humanities teaches us to use evidence
The role of narratives in (mis)information
The fact checking that happens within the humanities

Find Bryony @BF_Armstrong
Find Sarah @sarah_turnnidge
Artwork: Riduwan Molla https://www.canva.com/p/riduwanmolla/
Music: Madaan Mansij https://www.pond5.com/artist/mansij_tubescreamer
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07/14/23 • 29 min

What's the Point? - Humanities, fact checking and fake news with Sarah Turnnidge from Full Fact

Transcript

Bryony Armstrong00:00:04.950

Hello, and welcome to What's the Point, the podcast where we discuss the need for arts and humanities today. I'm your host, Bryony Armstrong. We're living in a time when the arts and humanities are under threat, and I know this firsthand, having studied both English and maths at university, and now doing a PhD in English. Each week, I'll be joined by a guest to talk about what arts and humanities do for the world. If you've ever wondered,

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