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Facts, values, and the epistemic authority of journalism: How journalists use and define the terms fake news, junk news, misinformation, and disinformation Cover

Facts, values, and the epistemic authority of journalism: How journalists use and define the terms fake news, junk news, misinformation, and disinformation

Nordicom Review
Volume 45 (2024): Issue 1 (January 2024)
By: Johan Farkas and  Sabina Schousboe  
Open Access
|Apr 2024
Figures & tables

Figures & Tables

FIGURE 1

Number of Danish national newspaper articles containing the terms misinformation, fake news, disinformation, and junk news, 2013–2023

FIGURE 2

Visualisation of the perceived epistemic hierarchy expressed by journalists in interview responsesSource: created by the authors

Overview of interviewees’ professional affiliation and news institutions

Broadsheet newspaperPublic service broadcasterNews magazineDigitally native news outletTotal
Interviewees’ affiliation733316
Journalistic institutions332210
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2024-0016 | Journal eISSN: 2001-5119 | Journal ISSN: 1403-1108
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Language: English
Page range: 137 - 157
Published on: Apr 20, 2024
Published by: University of Gothenburg Nordicom
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
fake news,
junk news,
misinformation,
disinformation,
journalistic objectivity,
journalistic ideals
Related subjects:
Social sciences,
Communication science,
Mass communication,
Public and political communication

© 2024 Johan Farkas, Sabina Schousboe, published by University of Gothenburg Nordicom
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

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