Fact-Checking Journalism: A Palliative Against the COVID-19 Infodemic in Ibero-America.
Journal Mass Commun Q
; 100(2): 264-285, 2023 Jun.
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| ID: mdl-38602932
ABSTRACT
This study explores how fact-checkers understand information disorder in Ibero-America, in particular the COVID-19 disinformation. We conducted a quantitative content analysis of the LatamChequea Coronavirus alliance database and in-depth interviews with journalists from the network. Evidence found that one of the most prevalent disinformation topics was the government's restrictive measures, threatening to jeopardize the effectiveness of public health campaigns. This, added to disinformation that eroded the trust in the institutions and the press, and the opacity of governments constituted a political crisis in Ibero-America. Under this scenario, fact-checkers created relevant journalistic collaborations and strategies to fight disinformation in the region.
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Journal Mass Commun Q
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2023
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