Journalistic Fact-Checking of Information in Pandemic: Stakeholders, Hoaxes, and Strategies to Fight Disinformation during the COVID-19 Crisis in Spain
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Journalistic Fact-Checking of Information in Pandemic: Stakeholders, Hoaxes, and Strategies to Fight Disinformation during the COVID-19 Crisis in SpainDate
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López-García, X.; Costa-Sánchez, C.; Vizoso, Á. Journalistic Fact-Checking of Information in Pandemic: Stakeholders, Hoaxes, and Strategies to Fight Disinformation during the COVID-19 Crisis in Spain. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 1227. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18031227
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[Abstract] The public health crisis created by COVID-19 represents a challenge for journalists and the media. Specialised information in healthcare and science has turned into a need to deal with the current situation as well as the demand for information by society. In this context of increased uncertainty, the circulation of fake news on social networks and messaging applications has proliferated, producing what has been known as ‘infodemic’. This paper is focused on the fact-checking of journalistic content using a combined methodology: content analysis of information denied by the main Spanish fact-checking platforms (Maldita and Newtral) and an in-depth questionnaire to these stakeholders. The results confirm the quantitative and qualitative evolution of disinformation. Quantitatively, more fact-checking is performed during the state of alarm. Qualitatively, hoaxes increase in complexity as the pandemic evolves, in such a way that disinformation engineering takes place, and it is expected to continue until the development of a vaccine.
Keywords
COVID-19
Journalism
Pandemic
Fact-checking
Coronavirus
Health
Communication
Spain
Journalism
Pandemic
Fact-checking
Coronavirus
Health
Communication
Spain
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Este artigo pertence ao Special Issue: COVID-19 Global Threat: Information or Panic
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1660-4601