Searching, selecting, and verifying

Autor(en)
Yael de Haan, Sanne Kruikemeier, Sophie Lecheler
Abstrakt

This study utilises a quantitative observation study on student journalists (n=47), as well as reconstruction interviews with experienced editors and reporters in newsrooms (n=12), to understand how Dutch journalists search, select, and verify sources online. Through the recording of screen activity, we show that search strategies are heavily influenced by how the search engine sorts and ranks potential sources. Eventual selection of sources remains relatively traditional, focused on legacy media and their websites. Moreover, online news production clearly challenges the verif ication process. Results suggest that journalists use no explicit but only so-called hybrid methods of verif ications, such as background checks of websites and social media accounts, and cross-checking of sources.

Organisation(en)
Institut für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft
Externe Organisation(en)
HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, University of Amsterdam (UvA)
Journal
Tijdschrift voor Communicatiewetenschap
Band
52
Seiten
150-176
Anzahl der Seiten
27
ISSN
1384-6930
DOI
https://doi.org/10.5117/TCW2024.X.001.HAAN
Publikationsdatum
02-2024
Peer-reviewed
Ja
Schlagwörter
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Communication
Link zum Portal
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/ff3dc557-0e1e-4698-951c-189c9ca60604