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Journalism and truth in an age of social media / James E. Katz and Kate K. Mays

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New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019.
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1 online resource
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Katz, James Everett and Mays, Kate K.
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Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction / Kate K. Mays -- pt. I DEMOCRACY, NEWS, AND SOCIETY -- 2.Belgium Invades Germany: Can Facts Survive Politics? / Michael Schudson -- Spotlight: Pierre Bourdieu and the Journalistic Field / David L. Swartz -- 3.From Information Availability to Factual Accountability: Reconsidering How Truth Matters for Politicians, Publics, and the News Media / Chris Wells -- 4.Fake News: A New Obsession with an Old Phenomenon? / Michael A. Xenos -- pt. II PILLARS OF TRUTH IN JOURNALISM -- Spotlight: Sophisticated Modernism and Truth / Edward Schiappa -- 5."The True" in Journalism / Juliet Floyd -- 6.Truth in Journalism / Zeynep Soysal -- pt. III CRAFT OF JOURNALISM AND TRUTH -- 7.Canards, Fausses Nouvelles, Paranoid Style: Classic Authors for an Emerging Phenomenon / Peppino Ortoleva -- 8.Scoop: The Challenge of Foreign Correspondence / Heidi Tworek -- 9.Searching for Truth in Fragmented Spaces: Chat Apps and Verification in News Production / Valerie Belair-Gagnon -- 10.The Use and Verification of Online Sources in the News Production Process / Yael de Haan -- 11.Technological Affordances Can Promote Misinformation: What Journalists Should Watch Out for When Relying on Online Tools and Social Media / S. Shyam Sundar -- pt. IV RECEPTION AND PERCEPTION -- 12.Fake News Finds an Audience / John E. Newhagen -- 13.Truth at Large: When Social Media Investigations Get It Wrong / Edson C. Tandoc Jr. -- 14.Emotional Characteristics of Social Media and Political Misperceptions / R. Kelly Garrett -- 15.Conclusion / James E. Katz.
Summary
This volume gathers leading scholars in the fields of journalism and communication studies, philosophy, and the social sciences to examine 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.
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9780190900298 (ebook)
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Specialized.
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Also issued in print: 2019.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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