Fact-checking journalism : a palliative against the COVID-19 Infodemic in Ibero-America
Martínez García, Luisa del Carmen (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Ferrer, Iliana (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)

Date:	2023
Description:	22 pàg.
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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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar
Subject:	Collaboration ; Coronavirus ; Disinformation ; Fact-checking ; Infodemic ; Journalism ; SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
Published in:	Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, Vol. 100 Núm. 2 (2023) , p. 264-285, ISSN 2161-430X

DOI: 10.1177/10776990231164168
PMID: 38602932

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