{"product_id":"fact-checking-journalism-and-political-argumentation-jen-birks-9783030305727","title":"Fact-Checking Journalism and Political Argumentation: A British Perspective","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis timely book examines the role of fact-checking journalism within political policy debates, and its potential contribution to public engagement. Understanding facts not to operate in a political vacuum, the book argues for a wide remit for fact-checking journalism beyond empirically-checkable facts, to include the causal relationships and predictions that form part of wider political arguments and are central to electoral pledges. Whilst these statements cannot be proven or disproven, fact-checking can, and sometimes does, ask pertinent critical questions about the premises of those claims and arguments. The analysis centres on the three dedicated national British fact-checkers during the UK's 2017 snap general election, including their activity and engagement on Twitter. The book also makes a close political discourse and argumentation analysis of three key issue debates in flagship reporting from Channel 4 News and the BBC. \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jen Birks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3030305724\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783030305727\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave Pivot\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/26\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 111\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.31d","brand":"Jen Birks","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48089061523711,"sku":"9783030305727","price":59.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_784dc43d-299e-4430-91fe-0128c98a6532.jpg?v=1769107982","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fact-checking-journalism-and-political-argumentation-jen-birks-9783030305727","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}