Understanding Innovations in Journalistic Practice: A Field Experiment Examining Motivations for Fact-Checking

被引:123
作者
Graves, Lucas [1 ]
Nyhan, Brendan [2 ]
Reifler, Jason [3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Wisconsin, Sch Journalism & Mass Commun, Madison, WI 53706 USA
[2] Dartmouth Coll, Hanover, NH 03755 USA
[3] Univ Exeter, Dept Polit, Exeter, Devon, England
关键词
Fact-Checking; Journalistic Innovation; Field Experiment; SOCIAL NORMS; AMERICAN JOURNALISM; NEWS; MEDIA; BEHAVIOR; MEDIATIZATION; CONSERVATION; POLITICIANS; PERFORMANCE; PATTERNS;
D O I
10.1111/jcom.12198
中图分类号
G2 [信息与知识传播];
学科分类号
05 ; 0503 ;
摘要
Why has fact-checking spread so quickly within U.S. political journalism? In the first field experiment conducted among reporters, we varied journalist exposure to messages that highlight either audience demand for fact-checking or the prestige it enjoys within the profession. Our results indicate that messages promoting the high status and journalistic values of fact-checking increased the prevalence of fact-checking coverage, while messages about audience demand were somewhat less successful. These findings suggest that political fact-checking is driven primarily by professional motives within journalism, a finding that helps us understand the process by which the practice spreads within the press as well as the factors that influence the behavior of journalists.
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页码:102 / 138
页数:37
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