What can corroborate where a signal came from?

Provenance concerns the origin and history of material. The Liar’s Dividend Without a Liar examines the credibility costs that may arise when authentic material is surrounded by uncertainty about its origin.

Provenance and trust

The paper distinguishes what an image depicts from what can be corroborated about the event behind it. An impressive appearance alone is not external corroboration.

Research behind the question

Related instruments and their methods

Related data journalism

These stories share an interpretive question; they are not presented as empirical tests of every linked paper.