Why Media Systems Matter: A Fact-Checking Study of UK Television News during the Coronavirus Pandemic
Why Media Systems Matter: A Fact-Checking Study of UK Television News during the Coronavirus Pandemic
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DOI：
10.1080/21670811.2021.1965490
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发表时间：
2021-08-07
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
Soo, Nikki
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作者：
Cushion, Stephen;Morani, Marina;Soo, Nikki
学术界对事实核查有效性的关注通常集中在人们对新闻更正的接受程度上。但许多研究没有考虑到观众对事实核查的期望，也没有考虑到他们在国家媒体系统或政治文化背景下对新闻的参与。我们的研究使干预到辩论的事实核查的有效性，这种类型的新闻与观众谁是关注的新闻在英国的媒体系统在一个关键点在一个重大的健康危机。根据冠状病毒大流行期间为期六周的新闻日记研究（N = 200），我们的研究得出结论，英国公正的媒体生态和公共服务精神创造了一个环境，观众在很大程度上接受记者的事实核查和反驳错误信息。然而，我们对疫情期间电视新闻（N = 1259）的内容分析发现，大多数广播公司并没有经常质疑或质疑政府的决策。我们认为，由于观众喜欢强大的形式的新闻审查，广播公司可以更突出的事实检查索赔和质疑可疑的声明，而不会破坏对新闻的信任。我们建议学者应该更多地关注了解不同媒体和政治体系中观众对事实核查的接受程度。
Y Academic attention towards the effectiveness of fact-checking often centres on how receptive people are to the correction of news. But many studies do not take into account audience expectations of fact-checking or their engagement with news generally in the context of a national media system or its political culture. Our study makes an intervention into debates about fact-checking by focussing on the effectiveness this type of journalism has with audiences who were attentive to the news in the UK's media system during a key point in a major health crisis. Drawing on a six-week news diary study (N = 200) during the coronavirus pandemic, our study concluded that the UK's impartial media ecology and public service ethos creates an environment where audiences are largely receptive to journalists' fact-checking and countering misinformation. Yet our content analysis of television news (N = 1259) during the pandemic found most broadcasters did not regularly challenge or question the government's decision-making. We argue that since audiences favoured robust forms of journalistic scrutiny, broadcasters could more prominently fact-check claims and question dubious statements without undermining trust in journalism. We recommend scholars should pay more attention to understanding the audience reception of fact-checking across different media and political systems.