Border patrol: The rise and role of fact-checkers and their challenge to journalists’ normative boundaries
- 15 June 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journalism
- Vol. 22 (8), 1929-1946
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884920933137
Abstract
Although most research to date has focused on leading US fact-checkers, similar initiatives are gaining strength all over the world. This study draws on a globally disseminated questionnaire, plus interviews with fact-checkers on four continents, to examine their role and reach in relation to other journalistic enterprises, as well as the challenges they face. A conceptual framework of journalistic boundary-setting helps guide the exploration.Keywords
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