Fighting misperceptions and doubting journalists' objectivity: A review of fact-checking literature

S Nieminen, L Rapeli - Political studies review, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Fact checkers evaluate the truthfulness of political claims appearing in public. The practice
has increased enormously in recent years. This review analyses research concerning …

Studying fake news spreading, polarisation dynamics, and manipulation by bots: A tale of networks and language

G Ruffo, A Semeraro, A Giachanou, P Rosso - Computer science review, 2023 - Elsevier
With the explosive growth of online social media, the ancient problem of information
disorders interfering with news diffusion has surfaced with a renewed intensity threatening …

How do they debunk “fake news”? A cross-national comparison of transparency in fact checks

E Humprecht - Digital journalism, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Fact-checking has gained importance in recent years, as so-called “fake news” has started
to spread on social media. News outlets and independent organizations engage in …

Improving college students' fact-checking strategies through lateral reading instruction in a general education civics course

JE Brodsky, PJ Brooks, D Scimeca, R Todorova… - Cognitive Research …, 2021 - Springer
College students lack fact-checking skills, which may lead them to accept information at face
value. We report findings from an institution participating in the Digital Polarization Initiative …

Fact-checking as idea and practice in journalism

L Graves, M Amazeen - 2019 - ora.ox.ac.uk
Fact-checking has a traditional meaning in journalism that relates to internal procedures for
verifying facts prior to publication, as well as a newer sense denoting stories that publicly …

Fact checking: un nuevo desafío del periodismo

MJ Ufarte-Ruiz… - Profesional de …, 2018 - revista.profesionaldelainformacion …
Se analizan las similitudes y discrepancias entre el discurso académico y el profesional en
torno al fact checking, entendiéndolo desde una doble perspectiva, tanto como una …

Who uses fact-checking sites? The impact of demographics, political antecedents, and media use on fact-checking site awareness, attitudes, and behavior

CT Robertson, RR Mourão… - … International Journal of …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
This study examines audience relationships to fact-checking sites in the United States.
Focus is placed on predictors of audience awareness of, attitudes toward, and visits to such …

Combating misinformation in Bangladesh: Roles and responsibilities as perceived by journalists, fact-checkers, and users

MM Haque, M Yousuf, AS Alam, P Saha… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
There has been a growing interest within CSCW community in understanding the
characteristics of misinformation propagated through computational media, and the devising …

El Fact Checking en España. Plataformas, prácticas y rasgos distintivos

F López-Pan, JM Rodríguez-Rodríguez - 2020 - … .consejodecomunicacion.gob.ec
Las plataformas de verificación de datos se han convertido en un movimiento que, nacido
en Estados Unidos, se ha extendido por todo el mundo. Su objetivo es luchar contra la …

True or false: Studying the work practices of professional fact-checkers

N Micallef, V Armacost, N Memon, S Patil - Proceedings of the ACM on …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Misinformation has developed into a critical societal threat that can lead to disastrous
societal consequences. Although fact-checking plays a key role in combating …