Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1: Digital Sources: A critical approach

o Digital source criticism in four simple steps

o The epistemic foundation of source criticism

o Source criticism for journalists

o Traditional source criticism: a waste of time

o The necessity of a digital source criticism

o The effectiveness of network reading

o Understanding the Internet’s signals

o Questions for reflection and exercises

Chapter 2: Digital manipulation and disinformation

o Introduction

o Recognise suspicious user accounts

o Motivations for manipulation

o Journalists as targets

o The value of manipulating a journalist

§ Google bombing

§ No follow: maintaining critical distance in the digital domain

o Wikipedia ? for journalists

§ Contributing to Wikipedia as a journalist

§ Wikidata

o Internet outrage and social media rows

o Undercover trolls: when the media takes the bait

o A solution in sight

o Unearthing digital networks

o Media manipulation

§ Image and video manipulation

§ Audio manipulation

o Questions for reflection and exercises

Chapter 3: Verifying information

o Introduction

o The layers of journalism

o Figures and statistics in brief

o User-generated content

o The verification process

o Verification and mental health

o Verification resources

o Questions for reflection and exercises

Chapter 4: Journalism, Online Open-Source Investigations and OSINT

o Introduction

o Digging through open digital sources

o From military to civil use

o Complex digital investigative journalism stories

o Sleuthing, or digging on your own

o The process of digital investigative journalism

o Debunking information posted by the President of Brazil

o Creative methods for open-source investigations

o Three cases of investigative reporting in which open sources played a major role

o Dramatically effective methods

o Questions for reflection and exercises

Glossary

Index