Verification as a strategic ritual how journalists retrospectively describe processes for ensuring accuracy

Journalism Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 657-673

  Shapiro, Ivor ^a   Brin, Colette ^b   Bédard Brûlé, Isabelle ^b   Mychajlowycz, Kasia ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Journalism; Professional norms; Verification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84918559923     PISSN: 17512786     EISSN: 17512794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17512786.2013.765638     Document Type: Article

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