The Watchdog Role of Fact-Checkers in Different Media Systems

Ferracioli, Paulo; Kniess, Andressa Butture; Marques, Francisco Paulo Jamil

doi:10.1080/21670811.2021.2021377

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“…al (2017) coinciden en su clasificación de "perro guardián" ("watchdog") y califican al resto de roles como periodista "difusor", "altavoz de la ciudadanía", "instructor de la audiencia", "entretenedor de la opinión pública" y "favorecedor del statu quo". El modo en el que los periodistas afrontan los desafíos tecnológicos permite la identificación de prácticas emergentes (Ferracioli, Kniess & Marques, 2022).…”

Section: Roles Profesionales Del Periodismo: Un Debate Siempre Abiertounclassified

La audiencia de The Newsroom (HBO) en España: perfiles, identificación y roles periodísticos

Novoa-Jaso

Serrano-Puche

2023

Estud. mensaje periodís.

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Este artículo presenta los resultados de una encuesta realizada a 719 seguidores de The Newsroom (HBO) en España. El estudio examina la identificación con los personajes favoritos y el reconocimiento de roles periodísticos en la ficción audiovisual. Los resultados presentan seis perfiles diferenciados de fans en función de su opinión sobre la serie (realista, idealista, critica o didáctica) y su ocupación laboral (comunicadores, estudiantes o público general). Entre los seguidores, que tienen una implicación emocional fuerte y positiva con la serie, predomina la percepción de que ésta ofrece una visión idealizada de la profesión. Los roles más reconocidos en el relato serial son los de periodista participativo, periodista como perro guardián y movilizador de la ciudadanía.

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La audiencia de The Newsroom (HBO) en España: perfiles, identificación y roles periodísticos

Novoa-Jaso

Serrano-Puche

2023

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“…Indeed, fact-checking meta-analyses show that empirical research is disproportionally focused on the US (Walter et al, 2019), even if the fact-checking industry is becoming more diverse, operating across more cultures and languages of recent (Stencel & Luther, 2021). Fact-checkers are keenly aware of these shortcomings, as the effective correction of misinformation (Porter & Wood, 2021) requires familiarity with local idiosyncrasies that drive much of what practitioners implement and how they make sense of fact-checking locally (Ferracioli et al, 2022). Given the above, we seek to catalog the many different forms of organizing and implementing fact-checks beyond the de facto standard found in Western industrialized countries, where fact-checking streams from journalistic practices of verification (Hanitzsch, 2018).…”

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When Fact-Checking Is Not Weird: Challenges in Fact-Checking Beyond the Western World

Vinhas

Bastos

2023

SPIR

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Fact-checking has rapidly achieved a pivotal role in regulating the public debate globally. Reports show that the fact-checking industry is becoming more diverse, operating across more cultures and languages of recent. However, literature on fact-checking beyond the West is still forthcoming, as empirical research is disproportionally focused on the US. In this paper, we seek to catalog the many different forms of organizing and implementing fact-checks beyond the de facto standard found in Western industrialized countries, where fact-checking streams from journalistic verification practices. We analyzed 37 semi-structured, in-depth interviews with fact-checkers from 35 organizations operating in 27 non-WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic) countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe. The interviews were conducted in three different languages (English, Portuguese, and Spanish) between March and November of 2021. Interview data was transcribed and translated for downstream analyses using thematic clustering in N-Vivo. Findings show that non-WEIRD fact-checkers endure similar challenges to those reported in Western fact-checking organizations. These challenges are identified through an analysis of seven types of challenges common to non-WEIRD fact-checking organizations, which are associated with and speak to institutional, infrastructural, political, methodological, social, cultural, and linguistic dimensions. We concluded that while fact-checkers are relentless in promoting democratic values worldwide, the standards that support the industry may vary substantially around the world, particularly where truth-seeking practices evolved detached from notions of democracy, truth, and journalistic integrity.

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