Abstract

Adopting an institutional logics perspective, this study examines various fact-checking practices in the context of three field-level logics that may shape these practices: a journalistic logic, a social-service logic, and a market logic. We conceptualize fact-checking sites as hybrid operations that are likely to be shaped by multiple logics, but which may show signs of standardization. Findings from a content analysis of diverse fact-checkers showed a vibrancy and similarity of stand-alone fact-checkers, suggesting these may be a budding institutional form. However, findings also reveal a field that is diverse in its organizational types, practices, and logics.

摘要

本研究采用制度逻辑的视角，在可能塑造这些实践的三种领域逻辑的背景下检验各种事实核查实践：新闻逻辑、社会服务逻辑和市场逻辑。我们将事实检查站点概念化为可能由多种逻辑形成的混合操作，但可能显示出标准化的迹象。对不同事实核查人员进行内容分析的结果表明，独立的事实核查人员具有活力和相似性，这表明它们可能是一种新兴的制度形式。然而，调查结果也揭示了一个在组织类型、实践和逻辑方面存在差异的领域。