Norms and Practices Relating to Fact-Checking in the Reporting of Science News: An Exploratory Study

科学新闻报道中与事实核查相关的规范和实践：一项探索性研究

• 批准号: 9529299
• 负责人: Deborah Illman
• 金额: $ 5.6万
• 依托单位: University of Washington
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1996
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1996-02-01 至 1998-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9529299&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Norms; Practices; Relating; Fact; Checking

This professional development fellowship supports training and research activities on ethics and current practices of fact checking in the reporting of science news. While accepted in some publication domains, fact-checking or the sharing of written text with news sources for their review for inaccuracies is a controversial practice. Critics charge it compromises journalistic independence, while proponents believe the practice would improve accuracy and quality and build trust and respect between scientists and journalists. The fellow is a chemist with experience writing science news articles, whose faculty appointment is in technical communication. The project mentors are professors of journalism and mass communications with specialties in the sociology of risk communication and ethics. With the assistance of her mentors over the course of this award, the fellow will develop and participate in seminars and tutorials to 1) lay the fundamental groundwork for understanding the ethical issues and the dynamics of power and control in the interactions between scientists and journalists over fact-checking, 2) trace the historical origins of ethical guidelines and attitudes relating to the practice of fact-checking, 3) survey reporters in the field in order to understand better the current practices and attitudes toward fact-checking, and 4) explore casuistry or the use of cases, as a framework for analyzing journalists' decision-making processes relating to fact-checking. In addition to assisting in research in areas of interest to the mentors and publishing results in the literature, the fellow will enhance her capabilities to carry out further scholarly work in the realm of science communications. The team will also develop a workshop based on project outcomes for scientists and journalists.

该专业发展奖学金支持关于科学新闻报道中的道德和事实核查现行做法的培训和研究活动。 虽然在一些出版领域中被接受，但事实核查或与新闻来源共享书面文本以供其审查不准确之处是一种有争议的做法。 批评者指责它损害了新闻的独立性，而支持者认为这种做法将提高准确性和质量，并在科学家和记者之间建立信任和尊重。 这位研究员是一位化学家，有撰写科学新闻文章的经验，他的教职是技术交流。 项目导师是新闻学和大众传播学教授，他们具有风险传播社会学和伦理学方面的专业。 在她的导师的帮助下，在这个奖项的过程中，研究员将开发和参与研讨会和教程1）奠定了理解的道德问题和权力和控制的动态科学家和记者之间的互动在事实核查的基本基础，2）追溯道德准则的历史渊源和态度有关的事实核查的做法，（3）对实地记者进行调查，以便更好地了解目前对事实核查的做法和态度;（4）探索案例分析或案例使用，作为分析记者与事实核查有关的决策过程的框架。 除了在导师感兴趣的领域协助研究并在文献中发表成果外，该研究员还将提高她在科学传播领域开展进一步学术工作的能力。 该小组还将根据项目成果为科学家和记者举办一个讲习班。