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 |
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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 |
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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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