R0051/2026-03-31/Q001/SRC06
Shin et al. (2025) — Fact-checking as epistemic infrastructure
Source
| Field |
Value |
| Title |
Fact-Checking as Epistemic Infrastructure: From Journalistic Gatekeeping to Platform Governance |
| Publisher |
SAGE / Journal of Computational Social Science |
| Author(s) |
Donghee Shin, David D. Perlmutter, Joon Soo Lim, Kulsawasd Jitkajornwanich |
| Date |
2025 |
| URL |
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/27523543251344972 |
| Type |
Research paper |
Summary
| Dimension |
Rating |
| Reliability |
Medium |
| Relevance |
Medium |
| Bias: Missing data |
Low risk |
| Bias: Measurement |
N/A |
| Bias: Selective reporting |
Low risk |
| Bias: Randomization |
N/A — not an RCT |
| Bias: Protocol deviation |
N/A — not an RCT |
| Bias: COI/Funding |
Low risk |
Rationale
| Dimension |
Rationale |
| Reliability |
Peer-reviewed. Theoretical/conceptual paper rather than empirical. |
| Relevance |
Characterizes fact-checking's institutional role as "epistemic infrastructure" — provides context for why formal frameworks might be expected but do not exist. |
| Bias flags |
No apparent concerns. |
| Evidence ID |
Summary |
| SRC06-E01 |
Fact-checking characterized as epistemic infrastructure without formal methodology |