Identifying and Verifying News through Social Media: Developing a user-centred tool for professional journalists

Digital Journalism

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 406-418

  Schifferes, Steve ^a   Newman, Nic ^a   Thurman, Neil ^a   Corney, David ^b   Göker, Ayse ^b   Martin, Carlos ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

computer aided reporting; journalists; social media; sourcing; Twitter; verification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977177427     PISSN: 21670811     EISSN: 2167082X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21670811.2014.892747     Document Type: Article

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