Abstract
In the digital age, verifying the authenticity of war news on social media is challenging due to anonymity, lack of professionalism, and subjectivity in user-generated content. Esteemed media outlets like BBC and CNN respond with fact-checking reports, using scientific methods to ensure content authenticity and provide 'objective' explanations. This study examines BBC Chinese's 'Reality Check' reports on the Bucha event from a witnessing viewpoint, employing multimodal critical discourse analysis (MCDA). The findings highlight four key points: fact-checking news as a distinct reporting form, the advantage of machine witnessing, CSI-like news presentation methods, and the active engagement of online readers as witnesses. However, it's crucial to note that BBC's use of fact-checking conceals subjective choices and viewpoints on war events, potentially masking underlying Western hegemony.
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Yuling Lin, Shih Hsin University, Taiwan
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Conference: ACCS2024
Stream: Journalism
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To cite this article:
Lin Y. (2024) Examining “Fact-Checking” Reporting on War Events From a Witnessing Perspective: Using the Bucha Event as an Example ISSN: 2187-4751 – The Asian Conference on Cultural Studies 2024: Official Conference Proceedings (pp. 111-119) https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2187-4751.2024.11
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2187-4751.2024.11
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