The Beginning of a New Era? Exploratory Analysis of Fact Checking Platforms Towards Fake News
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https://doi.org/10.31211/interacoes.n39.2020.a4Keywords:
fake news, technology, media, journalism, disinformationAbstract
Politics have been the fundamental trigger for the recent dissemination of the expression "fake news", especially since Donald Trump was elected, in 2016 (Figueira & Oliveira, 2017; Albright, 2017). Following the popularization of this concept, academics seem to be keen in the analysis of such phenomenon. In this sense, scholars have been studied if biased or false content promoted by journalists often lead to some citizens' disbelief towards the mainstream media (Tandoc, Zheng & Ling, 2017; Cádima, 2018). This article seeks to address the technological terrain of misinformation, using a non-probabilistic sample defined by convenience (Quivy & Campenhoudt, 1992) and a manifest and latent analysis of social and media facts (Bengtsson, 2016), focused on various digital platforms designed to combat false news, such as Checazap, Fátima, NewsGuard, Polígrafo and Snopes. The results provided by this critical assessment suggest that most of these platforms are still lacking of a wider public attention, notwithstanding potentialities and innovative perspectives to learn from troubling websites.
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