Journalism ethics, Breitbart, and post-truth journalism

Post-truth as a term has been used to define many issues we experience in our social and political experiences related to misinformation, and these issues are prevalent in many aspects of our lives, including journalism. This term is widely used and issues about misinformation, internet and journalism has been discussed and researched from many different perspectives. Yet when it comes to one of the main issues about journalism and post-truth, the news-like publications spreading misinformation, we don't have a framework to define and detect these publications, which can be used globally. This research proposes to call these publications' work post-truth journalism and proposes a framework to detect these publications. Since this type of work has been made possible by the certain issues inherent to journalism practice, the work provides necessary background to each criterion selected for the framework and the definition. The findings and the framework has also been discussed with the experts in the field through written interviews. Finally, US-based online publication Breitbart is analyzed with the framework to provide an example of the use of the framework. The framework proves itself useful to detect these types of publications and it's also clear that it's not limited with a certain country, language, or context. The framework in its current state carries further development potential with practical use. The fast evolution of the digital technologies, and its impact on digital journalism, may also require further updates to the framework.