Why Doesn't Fact-Checking Work?

Fujishiro, Hiroyuki; Mimizuka, Kayo; Saito, Mone

doi:10.1145/3400806.3400841

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“…However, some scholars offer a reverse opinion which argues several obstacles in doing fact-checking. First, fact-checking is vulnerable to bias since some fact checking organisations have an affiliation with certain party or it is usually called partisans (Fujishiro et al, 2020). As a consequence, some people did not believe on the fact-checker thus the organisation should transparent in explaining their information sources (Humprecht, 2020).…”

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Public Perception and Attitude on Fact-checking: A Case Study from Indonesia

2022

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Fact-checking, for over a decade, is part of misinformation debunking strategies. This initiative, during the period, get pros and cons regarding to its effectiveness. In the midst of the controversy, it is necessary to figure out whether this practice is widely known and public perception and attitude towards fact-checking. Survey was conducted to gather data from 13 provinces in Indonesia. The provinces were elected in purpose to represent three are in Indonesia namely west, central, and east. Quota sampling based on age group category was proportionally utilized regarding to sampling techniques (N= 846). Research depicts fact-checking is not popular among the respondents particularly women, people with low level of education, and the older generation; thus, many of them rarely did fact-checking. Liputan6, Kompas, and Cekfakta.com are the most popular fact-checking organization while fact-checking by the government is the least popular. Most of the respondents have a positive perception and attitude on fact-checking such as reading, re-share, and discussing the clarified information with other people.

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Public Perception and Attitude on Fact-checking: A Case Study from Indonesia

2022

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Aggressive behaviour of anti-vaxxers and their toxic replies in English and Japanese

Miyazaki

Uchiba²,

Tanaka

et al. 2022

Humanit Soc Sci Commun

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The anti-vaccine movement has gained traction in many countries since the COVID-19 pandemic began. However, their aggressive behaviour through replies on Twitter—a form of directed messaging that can be sent beyond follow-follower relationships—is less understood, and even less is known about the language use differences of this behaviour. We conducted a comparative study of anti-vaxxers’ aggressive behaviours by analysing a longitudinal dataset of COVID-19 tweets in English and Japanese. We found two common features across these languages. First, anti-vaxxers most actively transmit targeted messages or replies to users with different beliefs, especially to neutral accounts, with significantly toxic and negative language, and these replies are often directed to posts about vaccine operations. Second, influential users with many followers and verified accounts are more likely to receive the most toxic replies from the anti-vaxxers. However, pro-vaccine accounts with a few followers receive highly toxic replies in English, which is different from the Japanese case. These results provide insights into both language-dependent and independent countermeasures against anti-vaxxers’ aggressive behaviour.

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Show Me the Facts: Newsroom-Affiliated and Independent Fact-Checkers’ Transparency Acts

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Tandoc

2024

Digital Journalism

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Why Doesn't Fact-Checking Work?

Cited by 5 publications

References 10 publications

Public Perception and Attitude on Fact-checking: A Case Study from Indonesia

Public Perception and Attitude on Fact-checking: A Case Study from Indonesia

Aggressive behaviour of anti-vaxxers and their toxic replies in English and Japanese

Show Me the Facts: Newsroom-Affiliated and Independent Fact-Checkers’ Transparency Acts

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