Fake News: Where Journalists and Audiences Meet (and Where They Don’t)
Carolina Carazo-Barrantes,
Larissa Tristán-Jiménez,
Mariana Cajina-Rojas
Abstract:This article gives voice to two protagonists of the disinformation phenomenon: audiences and journalists. A two-objective comparative analysis is presented: on the one hand, to explore the audiences’ role in stimulating the disinformation phenomenon in Costa Rica and characterize the reception dynamics and interaction that they establish with fake news within the country; on the other hand, to give journalists a voice to compare and contrast their perceptions with their audiences’ perceptions. A qualitative me… Show more
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