Media Rating: an innovative way to evaluate news reliability

Media Rating: an innovative way to evaluate news reliability
Author: Andrea Rigodanzo
Publisher: Global Risk Profile
Total Pages: 16
Release: 2015-04-20
Genre:
ISBN:

Since the democratization of Internet, information is abundantly available to everyone, and companies are challenged to evaluate a multitude of sources with questionable reliability. It is increasingly difficult to differentiate between misleading and accurate news. So how Media Rating can enhance your decision-making process?

Opinion Mining and Sentiment Analysis

Opinion Mining and Sentiment Analysis
Author: Bo Pang
Publisher: Now Publishers Inc
Total Pages: 149
Release: 2008
Genre: Data mining
ISBN: 1601981503

This survey covers techniques and approaches that promise to directly enable opinion-oriented information-seeking systems.

The Psychology of Fake News

The Psychology of Fake News
Author: Rainer Greifeneder
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2020-08-13
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1000179052

This volume examines the phenomenon of fake news by bringing together leading experts from different fields within psychology and related areas, and explores what has become a prominent feature of public discourse since the first Brexit referendum and the 2016 US election campaign. Dealing with misinformation is important in many areas of daily life, including politics, the marketplace, health communication, journalism, education, and science. In a general climate where facts and misinformation blur, and are intentionally blurred, this book asks what determines whether people accept and share (mis)information, and what can be done to counter misinformation? All three of these aspects need to be understood in the context of online social networks, which have fundamentally changed the way information is produced, consumed, and transmitted. The contributions within this volume summarize the most up-to-date empirical findings, theories, and applications and discuss cutting-edge ideas and future directions of interventions to counter fake news. Also providing guidance on how to handle misinformation in an age of “alternative facts”, this is a fascinating and vital reading for students and academics in psychology, communication, and political science and for professionals including policy makers and journalists.

We the Media

We the Media
Author: Dan Gillmor
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2006-01-24
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0596102275

Looks at the emerging phenomenon of online journalism, including Weblogs, Internet chat groups, and email, and how anyone can produce news.

Digital Media, Youth, and Credibility

Digital Media, Youth, and Credibility
Author: Miriam J. Metzger
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2008
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0262562324

The difficulties in determining the quality of information on the Internet--in particular, the implications of wide access and questionable credibility for youth and learning. Today we have access to an almost inconceivably vast amount of information, from sources that are increasingly portable, accessible, and interactive. The Internet and the explosion of digital media content have made more information available from more sources to more people than at any other time in human history. This brings an infinite number of opportunities for learning, social connection, and entertainment. But at the same time, the origin of information, its quality, and its veracity are often difficult to assess. This volume addresses the issue of credibility--the objective and subjective components that make information believable--in the contemporary media environment. The contributors look particularly at youth audiences and experiences, considering the implications of wide access and the questionable credibility of information for youth and learning. They discuss such topics as the credibility of health information online, how to teach credibility assessment, and public policy solutions. Much research has been done on credibility and new media, but little of it focuses on users younger than college students. Digital Media, Youth, and Credibility fills this gap in the literature. Contributors Matthew S. Eastin, Gunther Eysenbach, Brian Hilligoss, Frances Jacobson Harris, R. David Lankes, Soo Young Rieh, S. Shyam Sundar, Fred W. Weingarten

Blur

Blur
Author: Bill Kovach
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2011-09-06
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1608193012

Two journalists provide a guide for navigating through the Internet Age's viral and opinion-based news sources, explaining how to discern what sources or facts are reliable and how to think like a journalist and unearth the truth.

Skewed

Skewed
Author: Larry Atkins
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Total Pages: 362
Release: 2016
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1633881652

"A probing critique of advocacy journalism, particularly its polarizing effect on society and politics, with reader guidelines for objectively evaluating news sources"--

Innovators in Digital News

Innovators in Digital News
Author: Lucy Küng
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 113
Release: 2015-07-16
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0857739964

News organisations are struggling with technology transitions and fearful for their future. Yet some organisations are succeeding. Why are organisations such as Vice and BuzzFeed investing in journalism and why are pedigree journalists joining them? Why are news organisations making journalists redundant but recruiting technologists? Why does everyone seem to be embracing native advertising? Why are some news organisations more innovative than others? Drawing on extensive first-hand research this book explains how different international media organisations approach digital news and pinpoints the common organisational factors that help build their success.

Evaluating Media Bias

Evaluating Media Bias
Author: Adam J. Schiffer
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 159
Release: 2017-07-13
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1442265671

Media bias has been a hot-button issue for several decades and it features prominently in the post-2016 political conversation. Yet, it receives only spotty treatment in existing materials aimed at political communication or introductory American politics courses. Evaluating Media Bias is a brief, supplemental resource that provides an academically informed but broadly accessible overview of the major concepts and controversies involving media bias. Adam Schiffer explores the contours of the partisan-bias debate before pivoting to real biases: the patterns, constraints, and shortcomings plaguing American political news. Media bias is more relevant than ever in the aftermath of the presidential election, which launched a flurry of media criticism from scholars, commentators, and thoughtful news professionals. Engaging and informative, this text reviews what we know about media bias, offers timely case studies as illustration, and introduces an original framework for unifying diverse conversations about this topic that is the subject of so much ire in our country. Evaluating Media Bias allows students of American politics, and politically aware citizens alike, the means of detecting and evaluating bias for themselves, and thus join the national conversation about the state of American news media.