dc.contributor.author | Graves, L | |
dc.contributor.author | Nyhan, B | |
dc.contributor.author | Reifler, J | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-05-17T09:03:55Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-01-08 | |
dc.description.abstract | © 2016 International Communication Association. 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. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Communication, 2016, Vol. 66, Issue 1, pp. 102 - 138 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/jcom.12198 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/21567 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Wiley | en_GB |
dc.rights.embargoreason | Publisher policy | en_GB |
dc.rights | This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Wiley via the DOI in this record. | en_GB |
dc.title | Understanding Innovations in Journalistic Practice: A Field Experiment Examining Motivations for Fact-Checking | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.identifier.issn | 0021-9916 | |
dc.identifier.journal | Journal of Communication | en_GB |