Tweets and Truth

Journalism as a discipline of collaborative verification

Bibliographic Data

ID12909154
AuthorsAlfred Hermida (0000-0002-4632-3791, North-West State Technical University, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume6
Issue5-6
Pages659-668
Publication date2012-03-27
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournalism Practice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1751-2786 • E-ISSN: 1751-2794
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17512786.2012.667269
OpenAlexW2009433065
LanguageEN
Citations received98
References cited25

This paper examines how social media are influencing the core journalistic value of verification. Through the discipline of verification, the journalist establishes jurisdiction over the ability to objectively parse reality to claim a special kind of authority and status. Social media question the individualistic, top-down ideology of traditional journalism. The paper considers journalism practices as a set of literacies, drawing on the theoretical framework of new literacies to examine the shift from a focus on individual intelligence, where expertise and authority are located in individuals and institutions, to a focus on collective intelligence where expertise and authority are distributed and networked. It explores how news organizations are negotiating the tensions inherent in a transition to a digital, networked media environment, considering how journalism is evolving into a tentative and iterative process where contested accounts are examined and evaluated in public in real-time

Focus (optics · Gatekeeping · Ideology · Individualism · Journalism · Jurisdiction · Media studies · Negotiation · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Set (abstract data type · Social media · Social science · Sociology · Technical Journalism · Computer Science · Digital Games and Media · Law · Media Studies and Communication · Social Media and Politics

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