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The Fragility of Photo-Truth

Verification of amateur images in Finnish newsrooms

Mervi PanttiDepartment of Social Research, Media and Communication Studies, University of Helsinki, FinlandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Stefanie SirénJournalist, graduate from the master’s programme Media and Global Communication, University of Helsinki, FinlandCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 495-512 | Published online: 23 Apr 2015

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