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These days, fact-checking is a fashionable term in the worlds of both politics and the media. On broadcast news, tickers run below the speeches of politicians, with claims annotated in real-time and occasionally labeled as false. In newspapers like the Washington Post and online information hubs like Politifact.com, writers invoke the term to flag reporting that aims to correct or clarify the public record. At times, "fact-checking" efforts are themselves called out for partisan bias or personal gain. The term is now practically mainstream, used in everyday conversation to indicate disbelief. ("I'm going to have to fact-check you," CNN anchor Jake Tapper said to former Baltimore mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake in August 2016, expressing surprise that she was the mother of a 12-year-old.) Given the proliferating parties of interest that now claim to be engaged in some sort of fact-checking endeavor--from policy think tanks to Facebook--it's no wonder that a term originally reserved for the pursuit of journalistic accuracy now suffers from muddied public understanding. This study focuses on fact-checking in the context of print magazines: the media genre that innovated a formal version of the practice nearly a century ago. Magazine fact-checking, unlike the "fact-checking" tickers of broadcast news and newspaper postmortems, focuses not on setting the record straight after the fact, but rather on getting the story right before it goes to print. If a magazine fact-checker does her work well, she'll remain invisible to the reader. And that's because the published story, after her fact-checking, will afford the reader an experience uninterrupted by questionable logic, unreliable sources, or suspect data. Magazine fact-checkers aim for this level of perfection by employing a rigorous process that goes far beyond the verification of names, dates, and numerical figures. To illustrate this process, and explain my personal investment in this craft, I share my own experience working as the head of a city magazine's fact-checking department. To gain perspective on magazine fact-checking as practiced elsewhere in the nation, I interview other fact-checkers, writers, and academics. I also draw on case studies, media history, and personal anecdotes to examine some of the fundamental questions that inform the practice. (Among them: what is a fact? When does information become true? And what are the limits of a fact-checker's pursuit of truth?) In the world of fact-checking, there are best practices in the craft, and nuances to consider. Fact-checking also wades into deeper waters: those of philosophy, ethics, and social bias. But at its core, fact-checking is quite simply an application of critical thinking skills: skills that can be honed, and used for good. At a time when the media has lost the faith of many Americans, the magazine fact-checker can play a critical role in building that trust, one scrupulously vetted story at a time.

The problem of this study was to determine how, and to what degree, a representative contemporary special interest magazine projected editorial, advertising, circulation, and financial obligations prior to publication and during its infancy. In essence, how did a representative nonsubsidized city magazine identify a marketable audience, resolve advertising and circulation policies, and meet financial obligations? Specifically, this study explored--in six chapters--the mechanics of pre- and post-publication planning at D, The Magazine of Dallas, which began publication in October, 1974. This study determined that twelve common denominators are essential, but are not necessarily a guarantee, for the success of a planned or newly introduced nonsubsidized special interest magazine.

Diss. (sammanfattning) Linköping : Univ., 2004. / Härtill 5 uppsatser.

Thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Technology - Public Relations Management in the Faculty of Informatics and Design at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology 2013 / This dissertation is a qualitative analysis of the print media in South Africa. The print media as a form of mass communication, functions in various ways. One of the main functions is to supply news, information and entertainment through magazine content on worldwide aspects. Through various attention grabbing tactics magazine content is able to alter our ideology and thinking. However, through attractive and entertaining topics the public can be affected negatively by the content utilised in magazines, which affects the ideologies and thinking of readers. This effect is mainly evident in younger women and can in turn result in readers unwarily turning to the media to shape their identities. This study examines numerous South African women’s magazines with the main objective of determining the role of magazine content in the creation of young women’s identities in South Africa. These magazines were selected on the basis of their content, structure, target markets and their editor’s willingness to participate in the study. The ten magazines researched for the study are ‘O Magazine’, ‘Marie Claire’, ‘Cosmopolitan’, ‘True Love’, ‘Move’, ‘Glamour’, ‘Grazia’, ‘Fairlady’, ‘Seventeen’ and ‘You’ magazine. The study provides a literature review on various normative theories of the press and also discusses the psychological effects of numerous persuasion theories. Some of these theories are the Feminist Media theory, Identity theory, Agenda Setting theory and the Uses and Gratifications theory. The study also analyses selected magazine covers with the aim of determining the ways in which readers are influenced by magazine content. The methodology for the study used content analysis and surveys in the form of telephonic interviews and questionnaires which were conducted with the magazine editors. The main results of the study indicated that magazine content is primarily aimed at uplifting women and creating awareness within readers to embrace their personalities and attributes. Consequently readers are encouraged not to conform to the current trends in society thereby supporting the theoretical underpinning of the normative theories of the press.

Orientador: Maria Conceição da Costa / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Geociencias / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-14T08:05:42Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 PabonEscobar_SilviaCristina_D.pdf: 1302335 bytes, checksum: 03145d70e0f6b9b0b8f800bf28e4c535 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009 / Resumo: O objetivo do estudo foi compreender e analisar a qualidade e visibilidade de duas revistas científicas bolivianas: a Revista Boliviana de Física e a revista Ecologia en Bolivia. A pesquisa tentou responder as seguintes questões: i) a proposta cienciométrica ajuda a analisar a visibilidade das revistas? ii) as experiências regionais (principalmente latino-americanas) oferecem insumos para apoiar esta análise? iii) as condições do contexto boliviano favorecem ou obstaculizam o desenvolvimento e visibilidade das publicações? iv) e, finalmente, as revistas bolivianas cumprem os critérios mínimos de qualidade, quando considerado o contexto regional? Entre os principais resultados, salienta-se que, embora o modelo cienciométrico esteja vigente e oriente muitos dos estudos relacionados à qualidade e visibilidade, ele não permite (por meio dos seus principais indicadores - citação e impacto), compreender a situação da produção científica no caso particular da Bolívia, devido à baixa presença das publicações em índices e registros internacionais, regionais e até locais. Além disso, nota-se o desconhecimento da importância de fazer parte de registros internacionais e, finalmente pela incipiente cultura científica desenvolvida nos espaços acadêmicos do país. Em relação às condições do contexto boliviano para a produção de revistas científicas, conclui-se que o desenvolvimento e sobrevivência da grande maioria das revistas tem sido prejudicada, principalmente por problemas de caráter econômico, além da pouca prioridade dada ao tema, no marco das políticas públicas nacionais, e por alguns fatores relacionados com o processo de produção editorial. Por fim, conclui-se que as revistas científicas analisadas cumprem a maioria dos critérios extrínsecos e intrínsecos de normalização e visibilidade aplicados, sendo necessário promover a sua valorização no contexto nacional, integração no contexto regional e visibilidade no âmbito internacional. A metodologia empregada no estudo foi de caráter qualitativo, baseada nos métodos da revisão documental e entrevistas. A mesma inclui critérios para a seleção e análise extrínseca e intrínseca das revistas científicas bolivianas. / Abstract: The objective was to understand and to analyze the quality and visibility of two scientific journals Bolivian: The Bolivian Physics Journal and Ecology in Bolivia journal. The research attempted to answer the following questions: 1st) Does the scientometric proposal helps to analyze the visibility of the journals? 2nd) Do the regional experiences (mainly Latin American ones) offer inputs to support this analysis? 3rd) Does the Bolivian context benefits or hinds the development and visibility of the publications? 4th) Finally, do Bolivian journals fulfill the minimum criteria of quality in the regional context? Among the main results, it stands out that, despite the scientometrics model is valid and it guides a lot of the studies related to the quality and visibility, it does not permit (through its two main mesures: citation and impact), to understand the situation of the scientific production in Bolivia, due to the low presence of publications at international, regional and local indexes. Besides, there exists ignorance about the importance of being part of the international records and there is also a poor developed scientific culture at the academic spaces of the country. About the Bolivian context conditions for the production of scientific magazines, it can be concluded that the development and the survival of the great majority of the journals has been hindered, mainly by financial problems, the low priority given to the issue from the national public policy and because some factors related to the editorial production process. Finally, the scientific magazines analized fulfill the majority of the norms and visibility criteria, being necessary to promote its value and integration into the national context and the visibility into the international scope. The methodology used in the study was qualitative, based in documental review and interviews. This methodology includes also criteria for the selection and the extrinsic and intrinsic analysis of the Bolivian scientific journals. / Doutorado / Politica Cientifica e Tecnologica / Mestre em Política Científica e Tecnológica

Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2002. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study considers major trends and issues within leadership theory and various gender studies that have been conducted pertaining to the advancement of women leaders. The aim of the study is therefore to establish the reasons for the underrepresentation of women in senior- or executive-level positions in organisations, and then, to put forward an appropriate leadership development plan for women to better explore leadership opportunities that present themselves. Commencing with an overview of leadership theory in general, the study progresses on to topics specific to women in leadership, and more specifically, women leaders in the magazine publishing industry in South Africa. To this end, the study comprises both primary and secondary research. The primary research was conducted amongst women in the magazine publishing sector, based in the Western Cape, holding positions as senior managers, publishers or editors. The research was structured as qualitative research, in the form of in- depth, personal interviews, which were designed in a semi-structured interview format. The secondary research is based on an extensive literature review which covers a very broad spectrum of topics and concepts on leadership and the publishing industry in South Africa. The research found that women's access to leadership positions has increased not only on a worldwide playing field but also, more specifically, in the publishing industry in South Africa. Although a great deal of work still has to be undertaken, the prospects of advancement for women in today's business environment are far more positive than five or ten years ago. Organisations and educational institutions need to change their approach to developing leaders. They need to build a new future that is able to contend with global changes and that utilises all its leaders - regardless of gender. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie studie bestudeer die vernaamste tendense en vraagpunte rondom leierskapsteorie asook verskeie geslagstudies wat gedoen is oor die bevordering van vroue-leiers. Die studie begin met 'n oorsig van leierskapsteorie in die algemeen; daarna verdiep dit na onderwerpe wat spesifiek betrekking het op vroue in leierskapsposisies, en meer spesifiek, vroue-leiers in die tydskrif-uitgewersbedryf in Suid-Afrika. Derhalwe behels die studie beide primêre en sekondêre navorsing. Primêre navorsing is gedoen onder vroue in die Wes-Kaap wat senior posisies in die tydskrif-uitgewersbedryf beklee, soos senior bestuurders, uitgewers en redakteurs. Die navorsing was ook kwalitatief van aard deurdat dit die vorm van in-diepte, semigestruktureerde, persoonlike onderhoude aangeneem het. Die sekondêre navorsing is gebaseer op 'n omvattende literatuurstudie wat 'n baie breë spektrum van onderwerpe en leierskapkonsepte, asook die uitgewersbedryf in Suid-Afrika, dek. Die navorsing toon dat vroue wêreldwyd, en spesifiek in die uitgewersbedryf in Suid- Afrika, al hoe groter toegang tot leierskapsposisies verkry. Alhoewel nog baie vordering in dié verband gemaak moet word, is die vooruitsigte vir die bevordering van vroue in die hedendaagse sakewêreld meer positief as vyf of tien jaar gelede. Organisasies en opvoedkundige instellings behoort hul benadering tot leierskapsontwikkeling te verander - hulle behoort rekening te hou met wêreldwye verandering en help bou aan 'n toekoms waar die geslag van 'n leier irrelevant is.

This study was designed to identify correlates of success in Supported Employment(SE) programs for persons with psychiatric disabilities. Indiana policy-makers are seriously considering a managed care, or "capitated," system of payment to make SE provider programs more efficient economically. However, many agencies are concerned about providing services to more severely impaired individuals because of the potentially higher costs of serving these individuals. Two studies are included in this project. The goals of the first study were to identify SE consumer (clinical) characteristics that predict (1) successful outcomes, defined as whether the consumer achieves gainful work, and (2) program costs, defined as the amounts of SE service hours utilized by consumers who obtain work. In two large samples of SE consumers with serious mental illness, no clinical characteristics (e.g., diagnosis, rated functioning, hospitalization history) were associated with vocational outcome or service costs. The goal of the second study was to describe the types and amounts of services utilized by SE consumers who obtain work. Specific service categories associated with obtaining work were travel, training, and advocacy that was unrelated to the consumer's job. The implications of these findings are discussed in the framework of the debate over clinical versus empirical prediction. The need for a theoretical model of SE services that allows the use of predictive clinical and consumer driven services is also discussed. / Department of Journalism

Assignment (MPhil)--University of Stellenbosch, 2007. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: After South Africa’s transition to democracy in 1994, many Afrikaans-speaking people were worried that their language might not survive, especially in a country where English became the accepted lingua franca. However, since 1999 a large number of Afrikaans magazines have entered the market. Publishers and marketers have realized the magazine-reading Afrikaans market is affluent and willing to use their spending power to read their language. Contrary to Afrikaans, the other indigenous languages have not proven themselves to be as marketable. Even though these languages are spoken by the biggest part of the South African population, they are mainly used in the speakers’ private spheres. In a country where most Afrikaans speaking people are bilingual and many South Africans are able to understand English, the question is: Why has Afrikaans not followed the same route as the other indigenous languages, and might it still go that way if its future is left to be determined by market influences? The focus of this study is on the origin and the development of the Afrikaans publishing market, with specific emphasis on magazines. Afrikaans’ position in the community and the economy of the Afrikaans magazine market will also be discussed. The study aims to answer the question: Is it still economically viable to publish in Afrikaans and what are the Afrikaans magazine publishing market’s prospects for the next five to ten years. The researcher comes to the conclusion that it is still very profitable to publish Afrikaans magazines. A publication’s success will be determined by whether it satisfies a need, whether it has a sound business model and whether advertisers are willing to use the publication as an advertising medium. It is up to magazines to convince advertisers to advertise in Afrikaans or to be willing to accept English ads. The less affluent Afrikaans-speaking market could be considered a future market for magazine publishers. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Kort ná Suid-Afrika se oorgang na demokrasie in 1994 het onder Afrikaanssprekendes kommer ontstaan dat hul taal sou verdwyn, veral toe Engels as die algemene gebruikstaal in die openbare sfeer na vore getree het. Die getal Afrikaanse tydskrifte op die Suid-Afrikaanse mark het egter sedert 1999 toegeneem. Uitgewers en bemarkers het besef die Afrikaanssprekende tydskrifmark is welvarend en Afrikaanssprekendes is bereid om hul koopkrag te gebruik om hul te taal te lees. In teenstelling met Afrikaans het die ander inheemse tale nie dieselfde bemarkbaarheid getoon nie. Hoewel die tale ’n aansienlike moedertaalbasis het, word dit grotendeels in die sprekers se private sfere gebruik. In ’n land waar die meeste Afrikaanssprekendes tweetalig is en ’n groot persentasie van die bevolking Engels magtig is, is die vraag waarom Afrikaans nie dieselfde roete gevolg het as die ander inheemse tale nie en of dit dalk nog daardie roete sal volg indien sy voortbestaan aan markkragte oorgelaat word. Die fokus van hierdie navorsing is op die Afrikaanse tydskrifbedryf – die ontwikkeling en groei van die Afrikaanse tydskrifmark en die ontstaan van nuwe Afrikaanse titels. Die fokus is dus terselfdertyd onvermydelik ook op Afrikaans se posisie in die samelewing. Laastens is die fokus op die ekonomie van die Afrikaanse tydskrifbedryf. Dit is steeds ’n sake-onderneming, en moet dus winsgewend wees. Die studie wil dus vasstel watter faktore ’n rol speel in die lewenskragtigheid van die Afrikaanse uitgewersbedryf. Die sentrale navorsingsvraag is: Is dit steeds ekonomies lewensvatbaar om in Afrikaans te publiseer, en wat is die Afrikaanse uitgewersmark se vooruitsigte vir die volgende vyf tot tien jaar? Die studie kom tot die gevolgtrekking dat dit tans baie voordelig is om in Afrikaans te publiseer. ’n Publikasie se oorlewing sal egter afhang van of dit ’n behoefte onder lesers bevredig, van ’n goeie sakemodel en veral die bereidwilligheid van adverteerders om die tydskrif as advertensiemedium te gebruik. Die onus rus op die tydskrifbedryf om óf die adverteerders te oortuig om Afrikaanse kopie te skep óf bereid te wees om ter wille van die ekonomiese oorlewing van die produk Engelse advertensies te aanvaar. Die studie bevind ook dat die minder welvarende Afrikaanssprekende bevolking as ’n toekomstige mark beskou kan word en tydskrifte kan daar moontlik na die sukses van koerante kyk.