“Fake News” has just taken the title for word of the year, as use of the term skyrocketed in the last 12 months by 365%. Today on Kaleidoscope, we look at the evolution of the news media, particularly the upheaval that online and social media has brought in the last decade and a half, and what that means for the way that news is produced, the way we consume it and the profound consequences that this is having on our lives, on politics and society as a whole.

<p>&ldquo;Fake News&rdquo; has just taken the title for word of the year, as use of the term skyrocketed in the last 12 months by 365%. Today on Kaleidoscope, we look at the evolution of the news media, particularly the upheaval that online and social media has brought in the last decade and a half, and what that means for the way that news is produced, the way we consume it and the profound consequences that this is having on our lives, on politics and society as a whole.</p>

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