MEA members are invited to the launch of David Buckingham’s new book THE END OF INFORMATION: MEDIA, KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATION IN A POST-TRUTH AGE

You are invited to the launch of David Buckingham’s new book THE END OF INFORMATION: MEDIA, KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATION IN A POST-TRUTH AGE, to be published by Polity Press in March. The launch is presented by the ReMAP Research Centre and will take place at the UCL Knowledge Lab, 23-29 Emerald Street, London WC1N 3QS, on Wednesday 11^th March from 5pm to 7.30pm.

David will give a half-hour talk about the motivations and arguments of the book, followed by a response from Professor Shakuntala Banaji, Professor of Media and Communications at LSE, and then refreshments. The event will be chaired by Professor John Potter of the UCL Institute of Education. It will also be streamed live. To book your place, please click on the following link: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2026/mar/end-information-media-knowledge-and-education-post-truth-age  The launch is sponsored by the UCL Grand Challenge on Data Empowered Societies; and by the publisher, Polity Press.

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Are we really living in a post-truth age? Have ideas like information, knowledge and truth passed their sell-by date? Is ‘information disorder’ leading to the terminal decline of democracy? Or will fact-checkers, media regulators and educators come to the rescue?  The End of Information cuts through the exaggerated claims that have been made about these issues. Interrogating the key terms in the debate, including trust, democracy, news, and information itself, the book offers a clear-eyed evaluation of potential solutions to the problems involved. It also considers the implications for education in relation to key issues such as literacy and knowledge. It argues that we need to look not just at the symptoms of information disorder but also at their wider political and economic causes; and it suggests that these will not be amenable to a simple ‘information fix’. Accessibly written by a leading scholar in the field, this book provides a clear introduction to the information disorders of our times and some fresh thinking about how they can be addressed. Concise, engaging and incisive, it is essential reading for students, scholars and teachers alike. David Buckingham is Honorary Professor at the Institute of Education, University College London, and Emeritus Professor of Media and Communications at Loughborough University.

For more information: www.davidbuckingham.net

‘Razor-sharp analysis from one of the world’s leading media education experts. David Buckingham offers a provocative yet persuasive case for media education as a means of tackling the world’s current state of information disorder.’Neil Selwyn, Monash University  ‘David Buckingham's work provides thoughtful reasoning for why we must engage more deeply with media literacy education in a time when the distraction and the diluting of information is ever present. This work is meaningful, necessary and worthy of our attention.’Belinha De Abreu, International Council for Media Literacy

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Professor David Buckingham FBA FAcSS

Honorary Professor, Institute of Education, University College London

Emeritus Professor of Media and Communications, Loughborough University

www.davidbuckingham.net