{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"10-Minute Talks","title":"Fake News and the Victorians: Literature in the First Information Age","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":459,"description":"The 19th century became the age of the first information revolution. Driven by colonial and imperial geopolitics, rapid technological innovation, and the rise of mass print culture, news began to travel faster and farther than ever before. And so did questions of truth, authenticity and reliability. So, what can Victorian writers teach us about navigating misinformation today?  \nHow did they respond to this changing media landscape? And what role did literature play in the way we engage with different kinds of information? In this video, Professor Pablo Mukherjee FBA unpacks how their insights into misinformation, media trust, and the speed of communication can help us understand and navigate today’s digital information age. \nSpeaker: Professor Pablo Mukherjee FBA\n\nThis podcast is for informative and educational purposes.  \n10-Minute Talks are a series of pre-recorded talks from Fellows of the British Academy screened on YouTube and also available on all podcasting platforms. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/10-minute-talks/id1530020476    \nThis podcast was produced by https://www.haychdigital.com/\n\nFind out more about the British Academy: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/    \nFor future events, visit our website: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/    \nSubscribe to our email newsletter: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news-features/newsletter-sign-up/ ","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/TQbE8RmZ0wJMxTfpTVhxQo3dkPkEphvBYRMdNpGTudA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83MzQ0/MDc0OWRjYzhlZjg2/ZjNkNjFlZjAyNWM5/Y2Y1MC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}