Countering Misinformation in Political Reporting
Enhancing Journalistic Legitimacy
Seiten
2025
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
9781399533805 (ISBN)
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
9781399533805 (ISBN)
Investigates how political reporting can more effectively counter misinformation in order to enhance the public legitimacy of journalism.
This book examines how journalists should deal with the growing tide of political disinformation and public scepticism towards news media. Informed by the latest research from the UK and around the world, the book draws on a series of UK-based studies over a six-year period between 2019-2024, systematically analysing over 4000 news items and sources across fact-checking sites and broadcast programming. It examines audiences through a survey of more than 1,000 people, a news diary study of 200 participants, and fourteen focus groups, in addition to interviewing some of the most prominent news editors and journalists in broadcast news.
The authors look beyond disinformation emanating from online and social media platforms to identify where and how misinformation can spread across mainstream media. To enhance the legitimacy of journalism and better serve the public, they argue that news reporting should more regularly and robustly confront false and misleading information from politicians.
This book examines how journalists should deal with the growing tide of political disinformation and public scepticism towards news media. Informed by the latest research from the UK and around the world, the book draws on a series of UK-based studies over a six-year period between 2019-2024, systematically analysing over 4000 news items and sources across fact-checking sites and broadcast programming. It examines audiences through a survey of more than 1,000 people, a news diary study of 200 participants, and fourteen focus groups, in addition to interviewing some of the most prominent news editors and journalists in broadcast news.
The authors look beyond disinformation emanating from online and social media platforms to identify where and how misinformation can spread across mainstream media. To enhance the legitimacy of journalism and better serve the public, they argue that news reporting should more regularly and robustly confront false and misleading information from politicians.
Stephen Cushion is Professor at the School of Journalism, Media and Culture, Cardiff University. Maria Kyriakidou is a Reader at the School of Journalism, Media and Culture, Cardiff University.
Introduction: Journalistic Legitimacy in the Age of Misinformation
1. Journalistic Understandings of Disinformation
2. Audience Understandings of Disinformation
3. Beyond Disinformation: Interpreting Misinformation from Mainstream Media
4. (Mis)understanding Government Responsibility
5. Comparing the Impartiality of Cross-national and Cross-platform Fact-checking
6. Fact-checking in News Reporting
7. Audience Engagement with Fact-checking
8. Countering Misinformation in Political Reporting
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| Erscheinungsdatum | 16.08.2025 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 32 B&W tables |
| Verlagsort | Edinburgh |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme | |
| ISBN-13 | 9781399533805 / 9781399533805 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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