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An Epistemic Approach to Best Practices in Journalism

Johnson, Alexander Bryan

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2020, BS, Kent State University, College of Communication and Information / School of Media and Journalism.
In this paper, I seek to bring epistemic principles, namely, epistemic justification, to the forefront of the discussion of journalistic best-practices. The goal is threefold: first, to examine contemporary views of best practices in the journalism industry using previous survey data and research papers on the subject; second, to provide a brief overview of some (but not all) epistemological principles relevant to the topic; third, to argue that epistemology would be the best starting point for developing or adopting best practices in the journalism industry (with a particular focus on reliabilism and virtue epistemology). The goal is to set the stage for, if not the development of a new theory that places greater emphasis on our approach to the concepts of knowledge, belief, and justification in an industry that deals in propositions as a commodity, further recognition and application of epistemological principles as an important component of journalistic best practices and journalism studies for future industry members.
Deborah Smith, PhD (Advisor)
Mitchell McKenney, MBA (Committee Member)
Deborah Barnbaum, PhD (Committee Member)
Angela Neal-Barnett, PhD (Committee Member)
42 p.

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  • Johnson, A. B. (2020). An Epistemic Approach to Best Practices in Journalism [Undergraduate thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1607435991176022

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Johnson, Alexander. An Epistemic Approach to Best Practices in Journalism. 2020. Kent State University, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1607435991176022.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Johnson, Alexander. "An Epistemic Approach to Best Practices in Journalism." Undergraduate thesis, Kent State University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1607435991176022

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)