Journalism, fake news & disinformation : handbook for journalism education and training / Cherilyn Ireton and Julie Posetti

This handbook seeks to provide an internationally-relevant model curriculum, open to adoption or adaptation, which responds to the emerging global problem of disinformation that confronts societies in general, and journalism in particular.
Introduction / Cherilyn Ireton and Julie Posetti -- Truth, trust and journalism : why it matters / Cherilyn Ireton -- Thinking about 'Information Disorder' : formats of misinformation, disinformation, and mal-information / Claire Wardle and Hossein Derakhshan -- News industry transformation : digital technology, social platforms and the spread of misinformation and disinformation / Julie Posetti -- Combatting disinformation and misinformation through media and information literacy (MIL) / Magda Abu-Fadil -- Fact-checking 101 / Alexios Mantzarlis -- Social media verification : assessing sources and visual content / Tom Trewinnard and Fergus Bell -- Combatting online abuse : when journalists and their sources are targeted / Julie Posetti.

128 p. : ill., tables

Includes bibliographical references.
Available also online (viewed 19 Sept. 2018).
Other languages available at UNESC website : https://en.unesco.org/fightfakenews.

9789231002816