[Commlist] New book: Stephen Cushion and Maria Kyriakidou - Countering Misinformation in Political Reporting: Enhancing Journalistic Legitimacy

new open access book by Stephen Cushion and Maria Kyriakidou, entitled 
Countering Misinformation in Political Reporting: Enhancing Journalistic 
Legitimacy.



_https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-countering-misinformation-in-political-reporting.html 




Investigates how political reporting can more effectively counter 
misinformation in order to enhance the public legitimacy of journalism

  * Informed by one of the largest studies to date on fact-checking and
    misinformation reporting
  * Includes original interviews with senior journalists and editors,
    analysis of online and broadcast news, and online diaries, surveys
    and focus groups with news audiences
  * Explores misinformation from an international perspective, with a
    particular focus on the UK and the US
  * Draws on comparisons with a range of national contexts – including
    non-Western countries - to explore debates and issues surrounding
    misinformation
  * Goes beyond studies that focus exclusively on disinformation solely
    emanating from social media and identifies where misinformation can
    spread through mainstream media

This book examines how journalists should deal with the growing tide of 
political disinformation and public scepticism towards news media. 
Informed by the latest research from the UK and around the world, the 
book draws on a series of UK-based studies over a six-year period 
between 2019-2024, systematically analysing over 4000 news items and 
sources across fact-checking sites and broadcast programming. It 
examines audiences through a survey of more than 1,000 people, a news 
diary study of 200 participants, and fourteen focus groups, in addition 
to interviewing some of the most prominent news editors and journalists 
in broadcast news. The authors look beyond disinformation emanating from 
online and social media platforms to identify where and how 
misinformation can spread across mainstream media. To enhance the 
legitimacy of journalism and better serve the public, they argue that 
news reporting should more regularly and robustly confront false and 
misleading information from politicians.

Reviews
There is no more important role for journalism and for public service 
broadcasting than ensuring that the people of their countries have 
access to facts, and that debates are based on evidence rather than 
disinformation and misinformation. This book is a valuable contribution 
to that service: an analysis of how truth might win out over lies. 
Stephen Cushion and Maria Kyriakidou deserve our thanks for researching 
so diligently and helping shape the debate. The fight against 
misinformation is urgent and affects us all. This book is essential reading.
– Roger Mosey, University of Cambridge and Former Head of BBC Television 
News

Countering Misinformation in Political Reporting is the most 
comprehensive analysis to date of the intersection of political 
misinformation and journalism. This illuminating book explains how 
mainstream media counters misleading information, how journalists, 
intentionally or accidentally, reproduce political misinformation, and 
how news users respond to journalistic attempts to countering false 
information. It is a must-read to everyone who wants to learn about the 
relationship between public knowledge and misinformation. Readers will 
appreciate Stephen Cushion’s and Maria Kyriakidou’s clear account, 
meticulous research, and diverse case studies.
– Mervi Pantti, University of Helsinki

Journalists and the mainstream news organisations increasingly find 
themselves vaunted and vilified as saviours from, and sources of, 
disinformation and misinformation. Based on extensive research, Stephen 
Cushion and Maria Kyriakidou’s book provides a detailed and measured 
appraisal that neither blithely exonerates nor unfairly excoriates 
professional communicators in a time of increased information disorder. 
This is an excellent book that could not be more timely.
– David Deacon, Loughborough University


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