Can Fake News busters replace editors?

Bekerman, M ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9920-4550 2017, 'Can Fake News busters replace editors?' , Westminster Media Forum Publications , pp. 70-71.

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Abstract

In the debate about how to tackle the growing phenomenon of Fake News, much attention is devoted to countermeasures such as fact-checking or better media literacy, but less to the root cause of the problem. Considerable criticism focuses on the failures of contemporary journalism and how it under-performs in digital age, but not many want to admit that it is not journalism itself that is to blame but one of its aspects: the editorial process which has suffered greatly from digital convergence. The article surmises that fact-checking is a limited tool to tackle Fake News, and that ensuring proper editorial procedures in the digital context is the way to go forward.

Item Type:	Article
Schools:	Schools > School of Arts & Media > Arts, Media and Communication Research Centre
Journal or Publication Title:	Westminster Media Forum Publications
Publisher:	Westminster Forum Projects 2017
Related URLs:	Organisation Publication
Depositing User:	M Bekerman
Date Deposited:	28 Jul 2017 08:29
Last Modified:	16 Feb 2022 18:24
URI:	https://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/43348

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