A new study published by Leipzig University in Germany has found that the growing use of the Internet by journalists to research stories leads to a drop in quality.
The survey evaluated the work of more than 600 journalists at 34 different media outlets in Germany and found that online research was producing more errors. The study's lead media scientist, Marcel Machill, said the ease of using the Internet was diverting attention away from primary sources to secondary Audio slideshow ...
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(Deutsche Welle)
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