Melinda Baharom, Akmar Hayati Ahmad Ghazali, Abdul Muati@Zamri Ahmad
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Abstract
News organisations increasingly use social media content for breaking news, eyewitness accounts and user-generated videos. However, the veracity of such content is often questioned as social media platforms are prone to false reports, rumours and manipulation. This highlights the importance of journalists using robust verification techniques and strategies to ensure the accuracy and reliability of social media content in their reporting. However, prior research revealed no review papers discussing patterns of verification techniques and strategies journalists use on social media content for news production. This thematic review aims to synthesise literature from 2019 to 2023 on the journalist's strategies and techniques in verifying social media content for news production using a thematic review (TR). A list of keywords (journalistic techniques and strategies used in verifying social media content for news production) related to the scope of this research was identified. In the second step, the keyword was searched for studies in Scopus, Dimensions and Mendeley, and 31 papers were reviewed. A thematic review was carried out, where five final themes were identified: traditional techniques, combination strategies, technology and social media tools, computational tools and training, and media literacy. This study will benefit knowledge of journalists' verification social media techniques and strategies and future study of journalists' verification practices. Keywords: Journalists practices, verification, techniques & strategies, social media, news production.
期刊介绍:
All scholars are invited to submit manuscripts to Jurnal Komunikasi, Malaysian Journal of Communication. This journal provides a forum for empirical inquiries on human and mass communication and welcome conceptual, philosophical and theoretical essays or debates, book reviews and essay reviews directly contributing to communication or indirectly affecting it as a discipline. We suggest the following broad areas of research: -Communication and Policies -Globalization and Social Impact -Youth and Media Globalisation -Audience Analysis -Media, Democracy and Integration -Media Literacy and Media Education -Media and Development -Health Communication -Politics, Hegemony and the Media -ICT and Power -Gender and Sexuality in The Media -Social Media and Subcultures -Media, Popular Culture and Society -Media and Religion -Media and Identity -War, Conflict and Crisis Communication -Strategic Communication and Information Management