Ceding ground as a strategic concession in fact-checking: Shifting practice to shift power

Waller, Lisa; Brookes, Stephanie

doi:10.1177/1329878x221088050

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“…The pandemic thrust science and health-related topics into a new spotlight as a result of a "surge of hoaxes", giving rise to an "infodemic" [16] (p. 2). Additionally, as noted by Waller and Brookes [27] (p. 45), "the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic at a time where the impacts of information disorder were already sending shockwaves through the global information landscape, has created a 'disruptive moment' where media power is being contested by a range of social actors throughout the media world".…”

Section: Explanatory Journalism In the Disinformation Eramentioning

confidence: 99%

Explanatory Journalism within European Fact Checking Platforms: An Ally against Disinformation in the Post-COVID-19 Era

Moreno-Gil,

Ramon-Vegas,

Rodríguez-Martínez

et al. 2023

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In the post-COVID era, explanatory journalism is undergoing a resurgence that can be attributed to the proliferation of false content disseminated via social networks and the maturation of fact checking initiatives. Fact checkers are beginning to delve into those topics that are recurrent targets of disinformation to make complex issues accessible to the public. This study investigates the characteristics and methodologies of contemporary explanatory journalism by analysing four European verification platforms (Newtral in Spain, Les Décodeurs in France, FACTA.news in Italy and The Journal FactCheck unit in Ireland). We employed content analysis of a corpus of explainers and semi-structured interviews with the managers of these outlets. Our findings reveal that explainers encompass a wide range of topics, typically revolving around current affairs. These pieces are usually authored by fact checkers and published, with bylines, within dedicated sections that encourage audience participation. Explainers do not adhere to a fixed periodicity or length and adopt a format similar to feature articles, displaying a degree of flexibility. They leverage data provided by experts and official sources and employ visual elements to convey information clearly. The interviewed managers concur that explanatory journalism represents an invaluable tool in combatting disinformation and has a promising future ahead.

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Section: Explanatory Journalism In the Disinformation Eramentioning

confidence: 99%

Explanatory Journalism within European Fact Checking Platforms: An Ally against Disinformation in the Post-COVID-19 Era

Moreno-Gil,

Ramon-Vegas,

Rodríguez-Martínez

et al. 2023

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“…Research specifically focused on factchecking has been narrower in scope, often but not entirely concerned with trends and developments in the United States (see Nieminen and Rapeli, 2019: 306). Work is emerging in other parts of the world with recent case studies in Europe (Brandtzaeg et al, 2018;Çömlekçi, 2021;Lopez-Garcia et al, 2021;Lyons et al, 2020); Africa (Cheruiyot and Ferrer-Conill, 2018); Britain (Birks, 2019b); South America (Rodriguez-Perez et al, 2021); and Australia (Brookes, 2018a(Brookes, , 2018bWaller and Brookes, 2022). For the most part, however, these individual case studies or projects are yet to coalesce into sustained programs of research 1 or are influenced by questions and approaches emerging from foundational US-based studies.…”

Section: Partnerships Funding and Resources In Fact-checking Literaturementioning

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Communities of practice in the production and resourcing of fact-checking

Brookes

Waller

2022

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This article considers the ways in which national and international institutional alliances and professional organizations form the basis of a collaborative approach to the resourcing, production, and distribution of fact-checks through a case study of CoronaCheck, the COVID-19 fact-checking project of Australia’s RMIT ABC Fact Check. In doing so, it builds on a theorization that conceives of journalism as a “community of practice.” Two themes emerge from attention to the conceptual framework, content analysis of CoronaCheck newsletters and interviews with fact-checkers and journalists. The first relates to the nexus between fact-checking communities of practice and the productive and collaborative networks that underpin their operation. The second builds on this to consider the structures, resources, and approaches that facilitate experimentation within the community. Taken together, the findings suggest that understanding the practices of international and inter-institutional collaboration in fact-checking efforts such as CoronaCheck is key to shedding light on how a subcommunity of journalism practice broadens its remit and reorients the concerns of the domain in response to change.

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Ceding ground as a strategic concession in fact-checking: Shifting practice to shift power

Cited by 2 publications

References 28 publications

Explanatory Journalism within European Fact Checking Platforms: An Ally against Disinformation in the Post-COVID-19 Era

Explanatory Journalism within European Fact Checking Platforms: An Ally against Disinformation in the Post-COVID-19 Era

Communities of practice in the production and resourcing of fact-checking

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