News organizations in many Western democracies face decreasing trust amid fake news
accusations. In this situation, news organizations risk losing their license to operate and …

Donald Trump might have been the loudest and most powerful voice maligning the integrity
of news media in a generation, but his unrelenting attacks draw from a stew of resentment …

ABSTRACT US journalists covering Donald Trump's presidential campaign and early
administration submitted to unprecedented abuse while normalizing and legitimizing his …

According to neo-institutional theory, the survival of institutions in society is predicated on a
cultural discourse. Dubbed “the institutional myth,” this discourse reflects the core values …

This study examines how newsroom work in the United States has changed in response to
some of the latest developments in the news media environment. Using nationally …

Media freedom has deteriorated across the world over the past 15 years with populist
leaders attacking journalism in both democratic and repressive states. Since the rise of …

Fake news has long been an issue. Even the term 'fake news' is itself a couple of hundred
years old. It is synonymous with many others, including 'propaganda','disinformation',' …

This study examines how American newspapers made sense of the issue of fake news. By
analysing newspaper editorials and considering the problem of fake news as a critical …

A NATIONAL BESTSELLER In perilous times, facts, expertise, and truth are indispensable.
President Trump's flagrant disregard for the truth and his self-aggrandizing exaggerations …

This study considers how punitive populism as a strain of anti-intellectualism is condoned in
the ways that US journalists imagine audiences. A disregard for intellect is nevertheless …