American Journalism and "Fake News": Examining the Facts
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Ashley, Seth et al. American Journalism and "Fake News": Examining the Facts. ABC-CLIO, 2018. ABC-CLIO, publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440861840.
Chicago Manual of Style
Ashley, Seth, Jessica Roberts, and Adam Maksl. American Journalism and "Fake News": Examining the Facts. ABC-CLIO, 2018. http://publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440861840
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Ashley, S., Roberts, J. & Maksl, A. (2018). American Journalism and "Fake News": Examining the Facts. Retrieved from http://publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440861840
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This book provides a comprehensive and impartial overview of the state of American journalism and news-gathering in the 21st century, with a special focus on the rise—and meaning—of "fake news."
• Reflects an easy-to-navigate question-and-answer format• Uses quantifiable data from respected sources as the foundation for examining every issue
• Provides readers with leads to conduct further research in extensive Further Reading sections accompanying each entry
• Analyzes claims made by individuals and groups of all political backgrounds and ideologies to fairly represent a diversity of perspectives
- Table of Contents
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Table of Contents
American Journalism and "Fake News": Examining the Facts
Author(s): Ashley, Seth; Roberts, Jessica; Maksl, Adam;Contributors: Ashley, Seth; Roberts, Jessica; Maksl, Adam;Abstract:This book provides a comprehensive and impartial overview of the state of American journalism and news-gathering in the 21st century, with a special focus on the rise—and meaning—of "fake news."
• Reflects an easy-to-navigate question-and-answer format• Uses quantifiable data from respected sources as the foundation for examining every issue
• Provides readers with leads to conduct further research in extensive Further Reading sections accompanying each entry
• Analyzes claims made by individuals and groups of all political backgrounds and ideologies to fairly represent a diversity of perspectives
SortTitle: american journalism and "fake news": examining the factsAuthor Info:Seth AshleyauthorJessica RobertsauthorAdam MakslauthoreISBN-13: 9781440861840Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9781440861840.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9781440861833Imprint: ABC-CLIOPages: 264Publication Date: 20181231Series: Contemporary Debates- Cover Cover11
- Half Title i2
- Title iii4
- Copyright iv5
- Contents v6
- How to Use This Book ix10
- Introduction: Journalism’s Role in Democratic Society xi12
- 1 Journalists: What They Do and Whom They Work For 120
- Q1. Are Journalists Representative of the Population They Serve? 120
- Q2. Can Anyone Be a Journalist? 726
- Q3. Do Individual Journalists Have the Power to Decide What Is Published or Aired? 1130
- Q4. Are Journalists Objective? 1736
- Q5. Are Journalists Expected to Follow Any Formal Ethical Guidelines in Their Work? 2241
- Q6. Do Traditional Newspapers Still Play a Role in Modern Journalism? 2847
- Q7. Do Public Relations Professionals Influence Journalists? 3453
- 2 News Media Law and Economics 4160
- Q8. Does the First Amendment Give Journalists Any Special Legal Rights? 4160
- Q9. Does the Federal Government Regulate News Media? 4766
- Q10. Is America’s News Media Landscape Dominated by Just a Few Corporations? 5372
- Q11. Do Newsgathering Organizations Only Publish Content That Will Make Them Money? 6079
- Q12. Is the American News Media System the Same as That of the Rest of the Developed World? 6685
- 3 News Audiences 7392
- Q13. Do Most Americans Get Their News Online Today? 7392
- Q14. Do Liberals and Conservatives Consume Different Media? 7897
- Q15. Do Americans Trust the News Media? 83102
- Q16. Do News Media Organizations Shape Their Coverage to Attract Viewers with Certain Political Beliefs? 89108
- Q17. Do Audiences Influence News Content? 96115
- 4 News and Politics 103122
- Q18. Are All News Media Biased? 103122
- Q19. When Covering Elections, Do News Media Typically Focus on the Issues and Policies That Affect Citizens? 108127
- Q20. Do Politicians Set the Agenda for Journalists? 114133
- Q21. Is the Relationship between Politicians and Journalists Adversarial or Cooperative? 118137
- Q22. Do Journalists Have Valid Reasons to Use Anonymous or Unnamed Sources? 123142
- Q23. Can Politicians Circumvent Journalists by Using Social Media? 128147
- Q24. Do News Media Increase Political Polarization? 133152
- 5 “Fake News” and Misinformation 139158
- Q25. What Is “Fake News”? 139158
- Q26. Does President Trump Use the Term “Fake News” to Try to Discredit Any Reporting That Is Critical of Him or His Administration? 145164
- Q27. Did “Fake News” Influence the Outcome of the 2016 Presidential Election? 150169
- Q28. Are “Fake News” and Other Types of Misinformation More Easily Spread because of Social Media? 155174
- Q29. Can Anything Be Done to Stop the Spread of “Fake News”? 160179
- 6 Representation and Reality in News Coverage 167186
- Q30. Is the World Really as Dangerous as News Media Seem to Suggest? 167186
- Q31. Do News Media Accurately Represent Scientific Knowledge and Consensus? 173192
- Q32. Are Minorities and Women Accurately Represented in News Media? 179198
- Q33. Does News Coverage of the Economy Reflect the Average American’s Reality? 184203
- Q34. Do News Media Accurately Represent the Realities of War? 190209
- 7 The Future of Journalism 197216
- Index 219238
- About the Authors 241260