Associate Researcher - “Disputed Facts: Fact-Checking Immigration Claims in an Era of Polarized Knowledge.”

 

Oxford Brookes University is seeking a part-time Postgraduate Research Assistant to support the BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grant-funded project “Disputed Facts: Fact-Checking Immigration Claims in an Era of Polarized Knowledge.”

 

The project examines how fact-checking organisations in the United Kingdom, United States, and Australia evaluate immigration-related claims, construct categories of truth and falsity, and communicate epistemic authority in a polarized digital media environment. It focuses on three fact-checking organisations: Full Fact in the UK, PolitiFact in the US, and AAP Fact Check in Australia. The project combines lexicometric analysis, qualitative content and discourse analysis, and semi-structured interviews with fact-checking staff.

 

The successful candidate will h...