Journalism and Truth in an Age of Social Media

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

929 kr

Beställningsvara. Skickas inom 3-6 vardagar. Fri frakt för medlemmar vid köp för minst 249 kr.

Truth qualities of journalism are under intense scrutiny in today's world. Journalistic scandals have eroded public confidence in mainstream media while pioneering news media compete to satisfy the public's appetite for news. Still worse is the specter of "fake news" that looms over media and political systems that underpin everything from social stability to global governance. This volume aims to illuminate the contentious media landscape to help journalism students, scholars, and professionals understand contemporary conditions and arm them to deal with a spectrum of new developments ranging from technology and politics to best practices. Fake news is among the greatest of these concerns, and can encompass everything from sarcastic or ironic humor to bot-generated, made-up stories. It can also include the pernicious transmission of selected, biased facts, the use of incomplete or misleadingly selective framing of stories, and photographs that editorially convey certain characteristics. This edited volume contextualizes the current "fake news problem." Yet it also offers a larger perspective on what seems to be uniquely modern, computer-driven problems. We must remember that we have lived with the problem of people having to identify, characterize, and communicate the truth about the world around them for millennia.Rather than identify a single culprit for disseminating misinformation, this volume examines how news is perceived and identified, how news is presented to the public, and how the public responds to news. It considers social media's effect on the craft of journalism, as well as the growing role of algorithms, big data, and automatic content-production regimes. As an edited collection, this volume gathers leading scholars in the fields of journalism and communication studies, philosophy, and the social sciences to address critical questions of how we should understand journalism's changing landscape as it relates to fundamental questions about the role of truth and information in society.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2019-09-10
Mått160 x 236 x 22 mm
Vikt454 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor304
FörlagOUP USA
ISBN9780190900267

Tillhör följande kategorier

James E. Katz is Feld Professor of Emerging Media at Boston University's College of Communication, where he directs its Division of Emerging Media Studies. He has been awarded a Distinguished Fulbright Chair to Italy, fellowships at Princeton, Harvard, and MIT, and the Ogburn Career Achievement Award from the American Sociological Association. Dr. Katz is an elected fellow of the International Communication Association and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Kate K. Mays is completing her PhD in Emerging Media Studies at Boston University's College of Communication and is a Graduate Student Fellow for computational and data-driven research at the Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering at Boston University. She has presented her research findings at a variety of international conferences and in several journals. After graduating from Georgetown University, she worked in the publishing industry before coming to BostonUniversity for advanced studies.

List of ContributorsAcknowledgementsPreface Chapter 1. IntroductionJames E. Katz and Kate K. Mays Democracy, News, & Society Chapter 2. Belgium Invades Germany: Can Facts Survive Politics?Michael Schudson Spotlight: Pierre Bourdieu and the Journalistic Field David L. Swartz Chapter 3. From information availability to factual accountability: Reconsidering how truth matters for politicians, publics, and the news mediaLucas Graves and Chris Wells Chapter 4. Fake News: A New Obsession with an Old Phenomenon?Nicole Krause, Christopher D. Wirz, Dietram A. Scheufele, Michael Xenos Pillars of Truth in Journalism Spotlight: Sophisticated Modernism & TruthEdward Schiappa Chapter 5. "The True" in JournalismJuliet Floyd Chapter 6. Truth in JournalismZeynep Soysal Craft of Journalism and Truth Chapter 7. Canards, fausses nouvelles, paranoid style. Classic authors for an emerging phenomenonPeppino Ortoleva Chapter 8. Scoop: The Challenge of Foreign CorrespondenceJohn Maxwell Hamilton and Heidi Tworek Chapter 9. Searching for Truth in Fragmented Spaces: Chat Apps and Verification in News ProductionColin Agur and Valerie Belair-Gagnon Chapter 10. The use and verification of online sources in the news production process.Sophie Lecheler, Sanne Kruikemeier, Yael de Haan Chapter 11. Technological Affordances can Promote Misinformation: What Journalists Should Watch Out for When Relying on Online Tools and Social MediaMaria D. Molina and S. Shyam Sundar Reception & Perception Chapter 12. Fake News Finds an AudienceErik P. Bucy and John E. Newhagen Chapter 13. Truth at large: When social media investigations get it wrongEdson C. Tandoc Jr. Chapter 14. Emotional Characteristics of Social Media and Political MisperceptionsBrian E. Weeks and R. Kelly Garrett Chapter 15. ConclusionKate K. Mays and James E. Katz

Katz and Mays assembled a stellar group of experts on journalism from across the social and behavior sciences, the humanities, and technology fields to inquire about the construction, circulation, and reception of truth. This volume illuminates critical challenges and opportunities that contemporary media face, which will be of great interest to scholars, students, practitioners, and the general public