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Welcome to the era of fake news
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Abstract For the news industry, information is used to tell stories, which have traditionally been organized around "facts". A growing problem, however, is that fact-based evidence is not relevant to a growing segment of the populace. Journalists need facts to tell stories, but they need data to understand h... view more
For the news industry, information is used to tell stories, which have traditionally been organized around "facts". A growing problem, however, is that fact-based evidence is not relevant to a growing segment of the populace. Journalists need facts to tell stories, but they need data to understand how to engage audiences with this accurate information. The implementation of data is part of the solution to countering the erosion of trust and the decay of social discourse across networked spaces. Rather than following "trends", news organizations should establish the groundwork to make facts "matter" by shaping the narrative instead of following deceptive statements.... view less
Keywords
journalism; information; information policy; false report; communication policy
Classification
Communicator Research, Journalism
Media Contents, Content Analysis
Free Keywords
fake news
Document language
English
Publication Year
2017
Page/Pages
p. 87-89
Journal
Media and Communication, 5 (2017) 2
Issue topic
Multidisciplinary studies in media and communication
ISSN
2183-2439
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed