news
Let an agent explain what news is and how it is produced, help find and evaluate news sources, describe news formats and media, and address misinformation and media literacy.
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain what news is and how it is produced, help find and evaluate news sources, describe news formats and media, and address misinformation and media literacy.
Information about recent events reported to the public through newspapers, radio, television, websites and social media, produced by journalists and news organisations in formats such as bulletins, programmes, channels and articles; news is governed by editorial standards and media law and is the subject of debates about accuracy, bias and misinformation.
What it is for: Informing the public about current events.
It can be explain news production and formats; help find and evaluate sources; address misinformation and bias; describe media law and standards.
Distinguishing features
Timely
Journalistic
Multi-format
Subject to standards
What it looks like
Not physical; reports in print, broadcast and online forms.
How it is recognised
Reports of recent events
Produced by journalists
Opinion and advertising are distinct from news
Related models
is a kind of - category
is produced by - the profession
is related to - a medium
is related to - a medium
In practice
Families and kinds
print news
radio news and reporting
television news programmes and channels
online and social media news
current affairs programmes
Standards and regulation
Editorial codes and press councils
Broadcasting regulation
Defamation and media law
Failure modes and hazards
Misinformation and fabricated news
Bias and sensationalism
Agents presenting unverified claims as news
Also called
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Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.news-2
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Find Getting news.
Sources.
Sources
Finding sources.
Sources
Sources.
- Which news sources cover this topic or region, and how are they regarded for reliability? provenance
- How can a reader diversify sources? action
Formats
News formats.
Formats
Formats.
- What are news bulletins, channels, programmes and current affairs shows, and how do they differ? definition
- How does radio reporting differ from television? definition
Evaluate Assessing news.
Media literacy.
Verify
Verifying stories.
Verify
Verification.
- Is this story corroborated by multiple reliable sources, and what do fact-checkers say? boundary
- Which signs suggest misinformation? provenance
Bias
Bias and framing.
Bias
Bias.
- How can bias and framing in news be recognised without dismissing all reporting? action
- Which independent assessments of outlets exist? provenance
Produce How news is made.
Journalism.
Newsroom
Newsroom practice.
Newsroom
Newsroom.
- How do newsrooms gather, verify and publish news? provenance
- What are editorial standards? provenance
Law
Media law.
Law
Media law.
- Which laws and regulators govern news here, and how is press freedom assessed? provenance
- How are complaints handled? provenance
Context History and change.
Trends.
History
History of news.
History
History.
- How did news media develop, from newspapers to cable news and social media? provenance
- Which national news systems are distinctive? provenance
Economics
News economics.
Economics
Economics.
- How are news organisations funded, and how does that affect coverage? provenance
- What is the state of local news? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should news media types be separate entries?
- How should fact-checkers be linked?
- How should press freedom indices be linked?