This volume gathers leading scholars in the fields of journalism and communication studies, philosophy, and the social sciences to examine critical questions of how we should understand journalism's changing landscape as it relates to fundamental questions about the role of truth and information in society. Identifying and communicating truth is an age-old concern, greatly exacerbated and amplified by the onslaught of social media. Along with confronting the fakenews phenomenon, chapter authors address the age-old issue of truth and credibility in journalism as it operates in politics, and how technology may be complicating that relationship. The book is designed as a supplemental text for journalism and related courses, a worthwhile read for scholars in thefield, and an insightful guide for practicing journalists.

• List of Contributors


• Acknowledgements


• Preface


• Chapter 1. Introduction


• James E. Katz and Kate K. Mays


• Democracy, News, and Society


• Chapter 2. Belgium Invades Germany: Can Facts Survive Politics?


• Michael Schudson


• Spotlight: Pierre Bourdieu and the Journalistic Field


• David L. Swartz


• Chapter 3. From information availability to factual accountability: Reconsidering how truth matters for politicians, publics, and the news media


• Lucas Graves and Chris Wells


• Chapter 4. Fake News: A New Obsession with an Old Phenomenon?


• Nicole Krause, Christopher D. Wirz, Dietram A. Scheufele, Michael Xenos


• Pillars of Truth in Journalism


• Spotlight: Sophisticated Modernism and Truth


• Edward Schiappa


• Chapter 5. "The True" in Journalism


• Juliet Floyd


• Chapter 6. Truth in Journalism


• Zeynep Soysal


• Craft of Journalism and Truth


• Chapter 7. Canards, fausses nouvelles, paranoid style. Classic authors for an emerging phenomenon


• Peppino Ortoleva


• Chapter 8. Scoop: The Challenge of Foreign Correspondence


• John Maxwell Hamilton and Heidi Tworek


• Chapter 9. Searching for Truth in Fragmented Spaces: Chat Apps and Verification in News Production


• Colin Agur and Valerie Belair-Gagnon


• Chapter 10. The use and verification of online sources in the news production process.


• Sophie Lecheler, Sanne Kruikemeier, Yael de Haan


• Chapter 11. Technological Affordances can Promote Misinformation: What Journalists Should Watch Out for When Relying on Online Tools and Social Media


• Maria D. Molina and S. Shyam Sundar


• Reception and Perception


• Chapter 12. Fake News Finds an Audience


• Erik P. Bucy and John E. Newhagen


• Chapter 13. Truth at large: When social media investigations get it wrong


• Edson C. Tandoc Jr.


• Chapter 14. Emotional Characteristics of Social Media and Political Misperceptions


• Brian E. Weeks and R. Kelly Garrett


• Chapter 15. Conclusion


• Kate K. Mays and James E. Katz

James E. Katz is Feld Professor of Emerging Media at Boston University's College of Communication, where he directs its Division of Emerging Media Studies. He has been awarded a Distinguished Fulbright Chair to Italy, fellowships at Princeton, Harvard, and MIT, and the Ogburn Career Achievement Award from the American Sociological Association. Dr. Katz is an elected fellow of the International Communication Association and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Kate K. Mays is completing her PhD in Emerging Media Studies at Boston University's College of Communication and is a Graduate Student Fellow for computational and data-driven research at the Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering at Boston University. She has presented her research findings at a variety of international conferences and in several journals. After graduating from Georgetown University, she worked in the publishing industry before coming to Boston
University for advanced studies.