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Facts, values, and the epistemic authority of journalism: How journalists use and define the terms fake news, junk news, misinformation, and disinformation Cover

Facts, values, and the epistemic authority of journalism: How journalists use and define the terms fake news, junk news, misinformation, and disinformation

Nordicom Review
Volume 45 (2024): Issue 1 (January 2024)
By: Johan FarkasORCID and  Sabina SchousboeORCID  
Open Access
|Apr 2024

Figures & Tables

FIGURE 1

Number of Danish national newspaper articles containing the terms misinformation, fake news, disinformation, and junk news, 2013–2023
Number of Danish national newspaper articles containing the terms misinformation, fake news, disinformation, and junk news, 2013–2023

FIGURE 2

Visualisation of the perceived epistemic hierarchy expressed by journalists in interview responsesSource: created by the authors
Visualisation of the perceived epistemic hierarchy expressed by journalists in interview responsesSource: created by the authors

Overview of interviewees’ professional affiliation and news institutions

Broadsheet newspaperPublic service broadcasterNews magazineDigitally native news outletTotal
Interviewees’ affiliation733316
Journalistic institutions332210
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2024-0016 | Journal eISSN: 2001-5119 | Journal ISSN: 1403-1108
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Language: English
Page range: 137 - 157
Published on: Apr 20, 2024
Published by: University of Gothenburg Nordicom
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
fake news,
junk news,
misinformation,
disinformation,
journalistic objectivity,
journalistic ideals
Related subjects:
Social sciences,
Communication science,
Mass communication,
Public and political communication

© 2024 Johan Farkas, Sabina Schousboe, published by University of Gothenburg Nordicom
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

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