Fake news, epistemic coverage and trust

This article makes the case that a deficit or absence of trust in media sources to report on newsworthy items facilitates acceptance of fake news. The article begins by identifying the sort of fake news that is of interest for the purposes of this article. Epistemic coverage is then explained-in par...

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Main Author: RYAN, Shane
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spelling sg-smu-ink.soss_research-49112022-12-12T04:45:42Z Fake news, epistemic coverage and trust RYAN, Shane This article makes the case that a deficit or absence of trust in media sources to report on newsworthy items facilitates acceptance of fake news. The article begins by identifying the sort of fake news that is of interest for the purposes of this article. Epistemic coverage is then explained-in particular, how an individual's expectations about their epistemic environment can lead them to accepting or rejecting claims. The article explains that when an individual believes that mainstream media report on what is deemed newsworthy, it follows that an individual will have grounds to dismiss a newsworthy claim that has not been reported upon-such as a claim made by fake news. Trust-which has both a believed competence requirement and a believed goodwill requirement-is then discussed as part of this explanation. The article concludes with a discussion of the implications of the argument for regulating mainstream media. 2021-05-01T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3653 info:doi/10.1111/1467-923X.13003 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4911/viewcontent/Political_Quarterly___2021___Ryan___Fake_News__Epistemic_Coverage_and_Trust.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection School of Social Sciences eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University fake news coverage trust epistemology media public discourse Communication Technology and New Media Social Media
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building SMU Libraries
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topic fake news
coverage
trust
epistemology
media
public discourse
Communication Technology and New Media
Social Media
spellingShingle fake news
coverage
trust
epistemology
media
public discourse
Communication Technology and New Media
Social Media
RYAN, Shane
Fake news, epistemic coverage and trust
description This article makes the case that a deficit or absence of trust in media sources to report on newsworthy items facilitates acceptance of fake news. The article begins by identifying the sort of fake news that is of interest for the purposes of this article. Epistemic coverage is then explained-in particular, how an individual's expectations about their epistemic environment can lead them to accepting or rejecting claims. The article explains that when an individual believes that mainstream media report on what is deemed newsworthy, it follows that an individual will have grounds to dismiss a newsworthy claim that has not been reported upon-such as a claim made by fake news. Trust-which has both a believed competence requirement and a believed goodwill requirement-is then discussed as part of this explanation. The article concludes with a discussion of the implications of the argument for regulating mainstream media.
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url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3653
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