Information Verification in the Age of Digital Journalism

Martin, N

Information Verification in the Age of Digital Journalism

Martin, N

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Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: Special Libraries Association (SLA) 2014 Annual Conference, 2014
Issue Date:: 2014

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dc.contributor.author	Martin, N https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7592-8071	en_US
dc.date	2014-06-08	en_US
dc.date.issued	2014	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Special Libraries Association (SLA) 2014 Annual Conference, 2014	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/41373
dc.description.abstract	Social media and technologies such as crowdsourcing now play a pivotal role in how broadcast media connects and engages with their audiences. Conversely, in the midst of technological change, traditional values remain. The findings of this study suggest that journalists’ are using social media for news gathering, but continue to place an emphasis on trusted sources and pre-existing relationships. Verification processes can often be circular, and some verification rests in knowledge derived from reporter’s earlier work. Use of authoritative sources, reliability, accuracy, and credibility appear to be prime concerns of the journalists’ who were interviewed as part of this pilot research study.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Special Libraries Association (SLA) 2014 Annual Conference	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Special Libraries Association (SLA)	en_US
dc.title	Information Verification in the Age of Digital Journalism	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.location.activity	Vancouver	en_US
utslib.for	0807 Library and Information Studies	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Teaching and Learning)
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.consider-herdc	false	en_US
pubs.finish-date	2014-06-10	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
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Abstract:

Social media and technologies such as crowdsourcing now play a pivotal role in how broadcast media connects and engages with their audiences. Conversely, in the midst of technological change, traditional values remain. The findings of this study suggest that journalists’ are using social media for news gathering, but continue to place an emphasis on trusted sources and pre-existing relationships. Verification processes can often be circular, and some verification rests in knowledge derived from reporter’s earlier work. Use of authoritative sources, reliability, accuracy, and credibility appear to be prime concerns of the journalists’ who were interviewed as part of this pilot research study.

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