Brian Winston, Matthew Winston

The Roots of Fake News (eBook, PDF)

Objecting to Objective Journalism

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The Roots of Fake News argues that 'fake news' is not a problem caused by the internet or the failure of good journalism to assert itself. Rather, it is within the news' ideological foundations - professionalism, neutrality, and most especially objectivity - that the roots of the current 'crisis' are to be found.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429628603
• Artikelnr.: 59867070

Autorenporträt

Brian Winston is the Lincoln Professor at the University of Lincoln (UK). He is the author of A Right to Offend, The Rushdie Fatwa and After and also writes on documentary film and media technology. He was the founding director of the Glasgow University Media Group.

Matthew Winston is the author of Gonzo Text: Disentangling Meaning in Hunter S. Thompson's Journalism . He teaches in the School of Media, Communication and Sociology at the University of Leicester.

Inhaltsangabe

Crisis? Foreword: Roots, Fakery & Objectivity. Roots. 1. 'Strange Newes': Printed News 1485
2. 'Newes': The Coming Of The Newspaper 1600
3. 'Booming A Newspaper': Newspapers And News
Media 1800
4. 'Oh The Humanity!': Broadcast News 1900. 5 . Online: Digital Newspapers 1980
6. 'Info Wars': News Platforms 2000
Objecting To Objectivity. 7. Fact: 'Hard' Science 8. Fact: 'Thick' Descriptions 9. Judgement: The Legal Mindset. 10 Judgement: The Fine Print. 11. Truth: The Philosophical Approach. 12. Truth: Moral Philosophy. The Fourth Estate . 13. Shouting Fire On A Crowded Website. 14. Speaking Truth To Power. Index