To the definition of the concepts «verification» and «fact-checking» in theory and practice of journalism

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Keywords:

verification, fact-checking, editorial fact-checking, political fact-checking

Abstract

The article provides the features and essential characteristics of processes of verification in the theory and practice of journalism. The purpose of the article is to concretise the semantic confines of the concepts of «verification» and «fact-checking». The relevance of the study is conditioned by the situation of terminological uncertainty that has appeared in the theory and practice of journalism because of the absence of clear semantic confines between the concepts of «verification», «factchecking». The results of the study determine the ways to resolve terminological uncertainty in the sphere of processes of verification in journalism.

Author Biography

  • Igor A. Korolev, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

    postgraduate student at the department of medialogy, faculty of journalism

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2022-03-22

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No. 1 (2022): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Journalism

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Theory of Journalism

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To the definition of the concepts «verification» and «fact-checking» in theory and practice of journalism. (2022). Journal of the Belarusian State University. Journalism, 1, 28-34. https://journals.bsu.by/index.php/journalism/article/view/3611