Countering Misinformation in Political Reporting

Enhancing Journalistic Legitimacy

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

Av Stephen Cushion, Maria Kyriakidou, UK.) Cushion, Stephen (Professor of Journalism and Political Communication, Cardiff University, UK.) Kyriakidou, Maria (Reader in the School of Journalism, Media and Culture, Cardiff University

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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.

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Utgivningsdatum2025-08-31
Mått156 x 234 x 18 mm
Vikt452 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor200
FörlagEdinburgh University Press
ISBN9781399533805

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Introduction: Journalistic Legitimacy in the Age of Misinformation1. Journalistic Understandings of Disinformation2. Audience Understandings of Disinformation3. Beyond Disinformation: Interpreting Misinformation from Mainstream Media4. (Mis)understanding Government Responsibility5. Comparing the Impartiality of Cross-national and Cross-platform Fact-checking6. Fact-checking in News Reporting7. Audience Engagement with Fact-checking8. Countering Misinformation in Political ReportingReferences

There is no more important role for journalism and for public service broadcasting than ensuring that the people of their countries have access to facts, and that debates are based on evidence rather than disinformation and misinformation. This book is a valuable contribution to that service: an analysis of how truth might win out over lies. Stephen Cushion and Maria Kyriakidou deserve our thanks for researching so diligently and helping shape the debate. The fight against misinformation is urgent and affects us all. This book is essential reading.