Catch up: Prokhorov Lecture by Peter Pomerantsev – Propaganda and the war against reality

Writer, journalist, and TV producer Peter Pomerantsev gave a talk exploring propaganda, disinformation, and 'fake news' (Tuesday 3 March 2020).

Peter Pomeranzev
Peter Pomeranzev © Filip Van Roe

About the talk

Today, more than ever before, information is being weaponised – by nations, politicians, and terrorists. We live in the age of alternative facts and narrative truth, of dark advertising, Internet bots, and computer hacking. What looks like real news is often fake, and so-called fake news is often real. Acclaimed author Peter Pomerantsev explored this fascinating and frightening era of disinformation we live in.

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Interview with Peter Pomerantsev

Henk de Berg's interview with Pomerantsev on propaganda, disinformation, and 'fake news'

About our speaker

Writer, journalist, and TV producer Peter Pomerantsev is a leading expert on information manipulation. His 2014 book Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible – a look into the surreal heart of the new Russia – won the 2016 Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize and was nominated for the Samuel Johnson, Guardian First Book, Puskhin House, and Gordon Burn Prizes. It was translated into over a dozen languages. His This Is Not Propaganda: Adventures in the War against Reality was published in 2019. Peter Pomerantsev is a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Global Affairs at the London School of Economics.

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Prokhorov Centre
University of Sheffield
School of Languages and Cultures
Jessop West Building
1 Upper Hanover Street
Sheffield S3 7RA