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.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Find Getting news.
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.
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.
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.
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
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Information and virtual systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- INF
- Domain
- INF.MED
- Other names and narrower kinds
- United States cable news, news channel, news program, radio reporting, current affairs show, radio news, radio news program, magazine format program, flagship newscast, late-night news, political magazine show, media report
What it is Filled
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.
Why it exists Filled
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.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Timely
- Journalistic
- Multi-format
- Subject to standards
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Fabricate news or present rumour as fact.
- Generate synthetic media presented as real news footage.
- Publish names of victims or minors where reporting rules protect them.
- Present paid content as news.
Only with a human decision
- Publishing allegations about named people.
May
- Report news with its source, date and status as confirmed or unconfirmed.
- Distinguish reporting from opinion and advertising.
- Correct errors when found.
Moral aspects Filled
- News informs democratic choice; misinformation harms people and institutions.
- Victims and families deserve privacy.
Who is affected
- The public
- People named in news
- Journalists
Owners Filled
Steward
The news organisation that publishes it; press regulators set standards in many places.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q386724 - registry parent class
related
- work - category
- journalism - the profession
- newspaper - a medium
- television - a medium
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.news
- Wikidata: Q38926 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q38926)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane INF: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Reports of recent events
- Produced by journalists
- Opinion and advertising are distinct from news
- Not physical; reports in print, broadcast and online forms.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain news production and formats
- help find and evaluate sources
- address misinformation and bias
- describe media law and standards
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Misinformation and fabricated news
- Bias and sensationalism
- Agents presenting unverified claims as news
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Editorial codes and press councils
- Broadcasting regulation
- Defamation and media law
Context of use required Filled
- Informing the public about current events.
- print news
- radio news and reporting
- television news programmes and channels
- online and social media news
- current affairs programmes
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q38926: news - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: News - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should news media types be separate entries?
- How should fact-checkers be linked?
- How should press freedom indices be linked?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q38926/spec.json