Fake news and the political economy of the media: A perspective of Ghanaian journalists.
The enduring rate at which fake news is disrupting the political economy of the media is the subject of this study. Using a largely qualitative instrument of intensive interviews with 18 journalists purposively selected for the study, we discovered that fake news is one of the banes of journalism in...
| Published in: | Communicare Vol. 42; no. 2; pp. 55 - 64 |
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Communicare, Journal for Communication Sciences in South Africa
Dec2023
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=175747155&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 175747155 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 02590069 U17 jtl: Communicare issn: 02590069 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Dec2023 vid: 42 iid: 2 pid: 74236 pub: Communicare, Journal for Communication Sciences in South Africa artinfo: ui: 175747155 10.36615/jcsa.v42i2.1500 ppf: 55 ppct: 9 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 664KB tig: atl: Fake news and the political economy of the media: A perspective of Ghanaian journalists. aug: au: Kwode, Paul Achonga Kabah Selekane, Nkosinathi Leonard affil: Tamale Technical University, Ghana University of South Africa su: Economics Mass media Journalists Social media Ghana sug: subj: Ghana Economics Mass media Journalists Social media keyword: Fake news Media Political economy Propaganda ab: The enduring rate at which fake news is disrupting the political economy of the media is the subject of this study. Using a largely qualitative instrument of intensive interviews with 18 journalists purposively selected for the study, we discovered that fake news is one of the banes of journalism in Ghana. Fake news's notorious role in the political and economic realities of the country is not uncommon, as it has created uncountable political controversies. With several of the country's media owned by politicians or persons with a vested interest in politics, it became a practice for players to utilise fake news as a propaganda tool to outwit their competitors through the media. For these architects to fully achieve their goal, social media and affiliated mainstream media were used as instruments to propagate fabricated content against their opponents, especially during the 2020 general elections. This paper also identified the use of artificial intelligence and robotics in the creation of fake news content. The study recommends the need for media organisations in the country to seek the services of fact-checkers as a means of verifying stories, as well as to intensify education on the identification of fake news and possible flagging. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Communicare is the property of Communicare, Journal for Communication Sciences in South Africa and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Communicare holder: Communicare, Journal for Communication Sciences in South Africa dt: @attributes: year: 2023 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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