Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Tables vi
4. Acknowledgements ix
5. Introduction: Journalistic Legitimacy in the Age of Misinformation 1
6. 1. Journalistic Understandings of Disinformation 15
7. 2. Audience Understandings of Disinformation 32
8. 3. Beyond Disinformation: Interpreting Misinformation from Mainstream Media 52
9. 4. (Mis)understanding Government Responsibility 70
10. 5. Comparing the Impartiality of Cross-National and Cross-Platform Fact-Checking 85
11. 6. Fact-Checking in News Reporting 99
12. 7. Audience Engagement with Fact-Checking 126
13. 8. Countering Misinformation in Political Reporting 146
14. References 161
15. Index 178