Evaluating Digital Sources in Journalism An Introduction to Digital Source Criticism

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1: Digital Sources: A critical approach

o   Digital source criticism in four simple steps

o   The epistemic foundation of source criticism

o   Source criticism for journalists

o   Traditional source criticism: a waste of time

o   The necessity of a digital source criticism

o   The effectiveness of network reading

o   Understanding the Internet's signals

o   Questions for reflection and exercises

Chapter 2: Digital manipulation and disinformation

o   Introduction

o   Recognise suspicious user accounts

o   Motivations for manipulation

o   Journalists as targets

o   The value of manipulating a journalist

  Google bombing

  No follow: maintaining critical distance in the digital domain

o   Wikipedia - for journalists

  Contributing to Wikipedia as a journalist

  Wikidata

o   Internet outrage and social media rows

o   Undercover trolls: when the media takes the bait

o   A solution in sight

o   Unearthing digital networks

o   Media manipulation

  Image and video manipulation

  Audio manipulation

o   Questions for reflection and exercises

Chapter 3: Verifying information

o   Introduction

o   The layers of journalism

o   Figures and statistics in brief

o   User-generated content

o   The verification process

o   Verification and mental health

o   Verification resources

o   Questions for reflection and exercises

Chapter 4: Journalism, Online Open-Source Investigations and OSINT

o   Introduction

o   Digging through open digital sources

o   From military to civil use

o   Complex digital investigative journalism stories

o   Sleuthing, or digging on your own

o   The process of digital investigative journalism

o   Debunking information posted by the President of Brazil

o   Creative methods for open-source investigations

o   Three cases of investigative reporting in which open sources played a major role

o   Dramatically effective methods

o   Questions for reflection and exercises

Glossary

Index