Trusting the News in a Digital Age

Trusting the News in a Digital Age
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TRUSTING THE NEWS in a Digital Age How to use critical thinking to discern real news from fake news Trusting the News in a Digital Age provides an ethical framework and the much-needed tools for assessing information produced in our digital age. With the tsunami of information on social media and other venues, many have come to distrust all forms of communication, including the news. This practical text offers guidance on how to use critical thinking, appropriate skepticism, and journalistic curiosity to handle this flow of undifferentiated information.Designed to encourage critical thinking, each chapter introduces specific content, followed at the end of each section with an ethical dilemma. The ideas presented are based on the author’s experiences as a teacher and public editor/ombudsman at NPR News. Trusting the News in a Digital Age prepares readers to deal with changes to news and information in the digital environment. It brings to light the fact that journalism is about treating the public as citizens first, and consumers of information second. This important text:Reveals how to use critical thinking to handle the never-ending flow of informationContains ethical dilemmas to help sharpen critical thinking skillsExplains how to verify sources and spot fraudsLooks at the economic and technological conditions that facilitated changes in communicationWritten for students of journalism and media studies, Trusting the News in the Digital Age offers guidance on how to hone critical thinking skills needed to discern fact from fiction.

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Jeffrey Dvorkin. Trusting the News in a Digital Age

Table of Contents

Guide

Pages

Trusting the News in a Digital Age. Toward a “New” News Literacy

1 Introduction to News Literacy. TAKEAWAYS FROM CHAPTER 1

Definitions

Digital Economics

Why Some News is Suspect

“Surprise” and “Delight”

Why the News Has Appeal

The Appeal of News Literacy

“How Do We Know?”

The Promises and Dangers of the Internet

Why News Literacy Now?

What Is “Reliable” Information?

How the News Happens Now

What's at Stake?

Ethical Dilemma #1: Reporting on Someone You Know

Points of Discussion

Reference

Additional Resources

2 Changing Definitions of News. TAKEAWAYS FROM CHAPTER 2

Watergate and the Role of the News

News and Digital Culture

The Rise of Digital Technology and Bias

We MUST Share and Receive Information

The Dominance of Images

New Ways of Doing the News

The “Uberization” of News

The Dangers of “Clickbait”

From Media Trust to Media Mistrust

Ethical Dilemma #2: Should Journalists Pay for News?

Points of Discussion

References

Additional Resources

3 Why Should We Trust the News? Why Now? TAKEAWAYS FROM CHAPTER 3

News Transparency and the Question of Trust

The Value of Educated Guessing in Journalism

Evidence Versus Assertion in News

A Journalistic Checklist

Getting to Trust What You Read, Hear, and Watch

What Is Context and Why Do We Need It?

The Rise of “Clickbait”

Ethical Dilemma #3: When Reporting Could Affect People You Know Personally

Points of Discussion

References

Additional Resources

4 Verification = Trust. TAKEAWAYS FROM CHAPTER 4

“Verify, Then Trust”

Verification in an Era of News Abundance

Journalistic Information

How to Choose and What to Choose?

How Has Verification Been Affected by This?

Increased Democratization in News

The Rise (and Fading) of the News Ombuds/Public Editor

News Verification in the Digital Age

Picking the Right Sources

Credibility of Sources

Remember: Not all Evidence Is Equal

Service Journalism for News Literacy

Ethical Dilemma #4: The Mayor Rob Ford Story

Points of Discussion

References

Additional Resources

5 The Effect of Digital on Media Forms. TAKEAWAYS FROM CHAPTER 5

Better Technology = Better News?

Better News = Larger Audiences?

How Do We Know (It’s True?)

Verification + Truth = Reliable News

What About Polling?

Media Accountability on Different Platforms

Ethical Dilemma #5: Showing Offensive Images

Points of Discussion

References

Additional Resources

6 When the Audience is Biased. TAKEAWAYS FROM CHAPTER 6

The News Organizations and Reputation

The Need for News Scrutiny

Why We Need a Free Media

What is Fair?

What is Balance?

What is Opinion Journalism?

Opinion Journalism is About Persuasion

Does Advertising Tell the Truth?

Ethical Dilemma #6 Journalists Taking Sides in Their Community

Point of Discussion

References

Additional Resources

7 When the News is Biased. TAKEAWAYS FROM CHAPTER 7

The Value of Bias

Can There Be Unbiased News?

Should the News Lead or Follow?

Why Should We Care About Bias?

Is Bias Always Unfair?

Cognitive Bias Among News Audiences

TMI!

Ethical Dilemma #7: Covering “Intelligent Design”: Can It Be Done Fairly?

Points of Discussion

Reference

Additional Resources

8 The Economics of Journalism in a Digital Age. TAKEAWAYS FROM CHAPTER 8

The Business Case for Digital News

The Economics of the News Business

Making Digital Media Work for Citizens

The Arrival of the Big Five

Will Digital Journalism Survive?

What's Next for Journalism in the Digital Era?

Ethical Dilemma #8: Does Journalism Serve the Public When It May Offend?

Points of Discussion

References

Additional Resources

9 Framing and Deconstructing the News. TAKEAWAYS FROM CHAPTER 9

Framing the News

Finding a context in the Arab Spring

The Story of Political Change in the Middle East

Erving Goffman and News Literacy

Framing Techniques

When Framing Fails

Framing in Mainstream Media (MSM) and Digital Media

The Rise of the “Prosumer”

Framing Determines Presentation

The Rise of the Algorithm in Journalism

Ethical Dilemma #9: Free Speech Versus “Cancel Culture”

Points of Discussion

References

Additional Resources

10 News Sources : Credible and Less Credible. TAKEAWAYS FROM CHAPTER 10

How Do We Know?

What is a Source and Why Do We Need One?

Who is Telling You the Truth?

“Trust, but Verify” – Old Russian Proverb

Protecting the Source

Having a Personal Relationship With a Source

Beware the “Double Hook”

Attribution

Who is Telling Us This? And Why Are They Doing So?

Sources as Whistleblowers

SLAPP Litigation

Next Steps

Ethical Dilemma #10: Should Journalists Pay for Access to a Story?

Points of Discussion

References

Additional Resources

11 Trusting Journalism in a Time of “Fake News” TAKEAWAYS FROM CHAPTER 11

An Age of Rising Mistrust of Absolutely Everything (and Everyone)

The Rise of Digital (and Media) Skepticism

News Doubled Down on Digital

Can a Lack of Professionalism Save Journalism?

What is “Fake News” Exactly?

Who is behind “Fake News?”

What Are Dissemination Mechanisms?

Repetition of Internet Themes

The Four Es

Gresham's Law in Journalism

Ethical Dilemma #11: The Case of the Mutant Daisy

Points of Discussion

References

Additional Resources

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Similarly, the role of a public editor, or news ombudsman, has been useful in creating a way in which news consumers can express their opinions and file a complaint about specific coverage. The changing role of the audience as both participant and observer of the news in the digital environment will also be explored in this book.

In the digital era, the news is everywhere. We see headlines on a TV screen or on a front page. We may have a good sense of what is going on even if we don't know the details. Of the Five Ws, we sometimes don't know the “why” of the news. Why did something happen, and what are the implications? In 2006, Bill McKibben wrote about the “Age of Missing Information” in a book of the same title. McKibben watched an entire day's worth of television and subjected himself to this sensory overload in an experiment to verify whether we are truly better informed than previous generations. He concluded that without the “why” of news (also known as putting the story in context), he was less well‐informed than if he hadn’t watched TV at all.

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