Readers value objectivity over transparency

Tandoc, Edson C.; Thomas, Ryan J.

doi:10.1177/0739532917698446

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“…This is both a literal and symbolic separation, reinforcing the norm that opinion ought not intrude into news reporting (Thomas, 2018). Accordingly, empirical studies of news content have operationalized objectivity as the absence of opinion (see, e.g., Lawrence, Molyneux, Coddington, & Holton, 2014;Molyneux, 2015;Tandoc, 2018;Tandoc & Thomas, 2017). It follows, then, that fake news producers may seek to take advantage of this journalistic credibility in order to be believed, by putting on a semblance of objectivity.…”

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What Is (Fake) News? Analyzing News Values (and More) in Fake Stories

Tandoc

Thomas

Bishop

2021

MaC

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‘Fake news’ has been a topic of controversy during and following the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Much of the scholarship on it to date has focused on the ‘fakeness’ of fake news, illuminating the kinds of deception involved and the motivations of those who deceive. This study looks at the ‘newsness’ of fake news by examining the extent to which it imitates the characteristics and conventions of traditional journalism. Through a content analysis of 886 fake news articles, we find that in terms of news values, topic, and formats, articles published by fake news sites look very much like traditional—and real—news. Most of their articles included the news values of timeliness, negativity, and prominence; were about government and politics; and were written in an inverted pyramid format. However, one point of departure is in terms of objectivity, operationalized as the absence of the author’s personal opinion. The analysis found that the majority of articles analyzed included the opinion of their author or authors.

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Section: Objectivitymentioning

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What Is (Fake) News? Analyzing News Values (and More) in Fake Stories

Tandoc

Thomas

Bishop

2021

MaC

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“…Transparency of authorship affects the credibility perceptions of the professional, and any lesser strategy affords risk to that credibility. While research may not have found any significant short-term transparency effects on credibility and trust of news (Karlsson et al, 2014; Tandoc and Thomas, 2017), the long-term effects may be especially problematic in a news media environment riddled with misinformation, trolling and anonymous social media commentators.…”

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Defying transparency: Ghostwriting from the Jazz Age to social media

2018

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Ghostwriting became a popular practice in sports journalism during the 1920s, as championed by sports press agent Christy Walsh. The practice has re-emerged in the 21st century, in social media and particularly as demonstrated by the new website The Players’ Tribune. Its popularity encourages ethical discussion about ghostwriting’s conflation of journalism and public relations, and the ethical debate it incites. Particular attention centers on the core journalism value of transparency, as it relates to both professions. The article posits that the blurring of professional boundaries between public relations and journalism can have detrimental effects to the credibility of both fields. The authors call for greater transparency in the use of ghostwriting, particularly when used in a sports journalism setting.

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“…Vaikutus voi olla jopa päinvastainen (esim. Smolkin 2006), jos läpinäkyvyyden nimissä esiin tuodut journalistiset käytännöt eivät vastaakaan yleisön odotuksia (Manninen 2020;Tandoc ja Thomas 2017). Kaiken kaikkiaan tähänastisesta tutkimuksesta ei voida kuitenkaan tehdä pitkälle meneviä tai jyrkkiä johtopäätöksiä.…”

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Dataa näkyvissä: Läpinäkyvyys algoritmien ja datan journalistisessa hyödyntämisessä

Rydenfelt¹,

Haapanen²,

Lehtiniemi³

2021

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Läpinäkyvyyden käsite on noussut keskeiseksi viestinnän, median ja politiikan tutkimuksessa sekä viestinnän ja politiikan käytäntöjen eettisessä arvioinnissa. Läpinäkyvyyttä on esitetty keinoksi ylläpitää ja kasvattaa luottamusta journalistista työtä ja sen tuotteita kohtaan interaktiivisessa media- ja viestintäympäristössä. Tiedontuotannon ja päätöksenteon perustuessa yhä enemmän dataan ja sen prosessointiin läpinäkyvyys on noussut keskeiseksi käsitteeksi myös algoritmisen päätöksenteon kohdalla. Tässä artikkelissa tarkastelemme läpinäkyvyyden roolia dataa ja algoritmeja sekä journalismia koskevassa keskustelussa ja esitämme mahdollisuuksia dataan ja algoritmeihin tukeutuvan journalismin läpinäkyvyyskäytännöiksi. Dataa hyödynnetään digitaalisessa journalismissa sekä informaation lähteenä manuaalisissa ja automatisoiduissa tuotantoprosesseissa että sisällön jakelussa ja kohdentamisessa yleisöille. Miten journalismi voisi tuoda läpinäkyväksi datan käyttöä, dataa koskevia valintoja ja niihin vaikuttavia tarpeita, tarkoituksia ja arvoja?

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Readers value objectivity over transparency

Cited by 24 publications

References 19 publications

What Is (Fake) News? Analyzing News Values (and More) in Fake Stories

What Is (Fake) News? Analyzing News Values (and More) in Fake Stories

Defying transparency: Ghostwriting from the Jazz Age to social media

Dataa näkyvissä: Läpinäkyvyys algoritmien ja datan journalistisessa hyödyntämisessä

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