Deciding What's True - The Rise of Political Fact-Checking in American Journalism

Informationen zum Autor Lucas Graves Klappentext Over the past decade, fact-checking outlets have shaken up the political world by holding public figures accountable for what they say. Deciding What¿s True recounts the routines of the journalists at these innovative news organizations and plots a compelling, personality-driven history of the fact-checking movement and its recent evolution. Zusammenfassung Over the past decade, fact-checking outlets have shaken up the political world by holding public figures accountable for what they say. Deciding What’s True recounts the routines of the journalists at these innovative news organizations and plots a compelling, personality-driven history of the fact-checking movement and its recent evolution. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Part I. The Landscape of Fact-Checking Introduction 1. Ink-Stained Fact-Checkers 2. Objectivity, Truth Seeking, and Institutional Facts Part II. The Work of Fact-Checking 3. Choosing Facts to Check 4. Deciding What's True 5. Operating the Truth-O-Meter Part III. The Effects of Fact-Checking 6. Fact-Checkers and Their Publics 7. The Limits of Fact-Checking Epilogue Notes Selected Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: (Daniel) Lucas Graves, Lucas Graves, Graves Lucas
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.09.2016
• EAN: 9780231175074
• ISBN: 978-0-231-17507-4
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 228 mm x 17 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, Press & journalism, United States of America, USA, News media and journalism, Elections & referenda, Elections and referenda / suffrage