The Roots of Fake News

Objecting to Objective Journalism
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-367-14546-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 318 g

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

Placing the concept of media objectivity in a fuller historical context, this book examines how current perceptions of a crisis in journalism actually fit within a long history of the ways news media have avoided, obscured, or simply ignored the difficulties involved in promising objectivity, let alone ‘truth’. The book examines journalism’s relationships with other spheres of human endeavour (science, law, philosophy) concerned with the pursuit of objective truth, to argue that the rising tide of ‘fake news’ is not an attack on the traditional ideologies which have supported journalism. Rather, it is an inevitable result of their inherent flaws and vulnerabilities.

This is a valuable resource for students and scholars of journalism and history alike who are interested in understanding the historical roots, and philosophical context of a fiercely contemporary issue.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Winston, Brian

Winston, Matthew

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Antiquitäten, Sammelobjekte
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Journalismus & Presse

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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.