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Myth, Rumour and Misinformation: a day of interdisciplinary discussion from folklore to fake news

Posted on 22 November 2022

On Tuesday 26 July 2022, we held our first in-person conference since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Myth, Rumour and Misinformation: a day of interdisciplinary discussion from folklore to fake news’ featured discussion, networking and talks on all things mythic and fallacious at our new lakeside home on Campus East. 

Keynote addresses were presented from Professor Marylyn Carrigan (Heriot-Watt University) on The Myth of Ethical Consumption; and Dr Eliran Bar-El (University of York) on Intellectual Authority in the Digital Age. The event also included four panels themed around Modern Scepticism, Communication, Politics, and Media & Culture.

Conference participants included students and academics from the University and a number of local and international universities. The presentations had an interdisciplinary character and were made in person, by zoom and in pre-recorded format. A poster competition was won by Adam Koper of the University of York’s Politics dept with his work "Dreamworld America: the Kennedy assassination, mass media, and the commodification of conspiracy theory".

You can watch the full day of presentations on our YouTube channel.

Follow the hashtag #MythCon22 to find out more about the event.