Today, social media are frequently associated with the propagation of defamation, which is believed to impact society negatively. Most of this fake news originates via Whatsapp, Twitter, and Telegram applications, indicating that this social media facility that facilitates the transmission of fake news continues to exist.This study aims to explore and understand the style of news writing in preventing fake news on digital media platform devoted to news literacy from the perspective of a media practitioner. The debate will focus mostly about fake news and the appropriate journalistic methodology for reporting on digital news sites. Identifying the factors that influence the evolution of the style of journalism on digital media is a further crucial endeavour. The objectives of the study were achieved through the use of semi-structured qualitative interviews. In-depth interviews were conducted with ten media professionals until the data set was saturated. According to the findings of the study, data journalism is the news writings styles that can aid in the prevention of “fake news” in digital media. In addition, research demonstrates that data journalism is characterised by data capture, graphics, and visualisation. This study seeks to contribute to the existing body of knowledge by demonstrating how the expansion of journalistic style on online news websites has made new journalistic practises relevant.
Afiqah Mior Kamarulbaid, PhD
Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Leadership and management, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia
Afiqah Mior Kamarulbaid
New Media Program, Faculty of Management and Leadership, USIM
Muhammad Raqib Mohd Sofian
Faculty of Management and Leadership, USIM
Nurul Nadirah Abu Hasan
Faculty of Management and Leadership, USIM
Wan Anita Wan Abas
Faculty of Management and Leadership, USIM
Izwan Harith Md. Ithnan
Faculty of Management and Leadership, USIM
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