News, Fake News, and Deep Fakes. How Do We Know What’s True?, Part 2: Visual Investigations: Innovation in Storytelling

Episode Topic: Visual Investigations: Innovation in Storytelling

A picture’s worth a thousand words. So goes the old adage, which is as true in the disinformation sphere as it is in any other. Visuals are a uniquely powerful medium to convey information to humans, which makes them a uniquely powerful tool for bad-faith actors out to manipulate the public. As media and journalism shift toward a greater emphasis on visual content, new approaches to storytelling will be essential to ensuring that audiences can still discern truth from falsehood. 

Featured Speakers: 

• Malachy Browne, Senior Story Producer, New York Times
• James S. O’Rourke, Teaching Professor of Management, University of Notre Dame

Read this episode's recap over on the University of Notre Dame's open online learning community platform, ThinkND: go.nd.edu/a2a449. 

This podcast is a part of the Ten Years Hence ThinkND Series titled “News, Fake News, and Deep Fakes. How Do We Know What’s True?”.

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