Fact-checking in Colombia: RedCheq in 2019 regional elections
Cuadernos.info, ISSN: 0716-162X, Issue: 53, Page: 46-69
2022
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Article Description
Globally, there is a social concern regarding the effects of disinformation in electoralprocesses;in fact, thecommunityofverification journalistshasevaluatedcontents and statements during elections. This research delves into fact-checking journalism in ColombiathroughthecasestudyoftheRedCheq platformduringthe2019regionalelections. Through a quantitative content analysis, this article analyzes the geographic scope, the typology ofverifiedinformation, the tools employed, andthe characteristics ofthe checked actors. The results show the regional reach of RedCheq's fact-checking journalism practice in Colombia. The fact-checks on electoral matters, justice, and the economy predominated. Besides, there was a balance between verifying public statements and tracking social networks to identify misleading content. The analysis revealed ideological impartiality to assess the checkofcontent propagatedby the politicalparties thatcompetedin the elections. The latter is relevant in order to provide institutionality and legitimacy to fact-checking journalism, which faces accusations about following ideological bias.
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http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85147776270&origin=inward; http://dx.doi.org/10.7764/cdi.53.40653; http://cuadernos.info/index.php/cdi/article/view/40653; http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0719-367X2022000300004&lng=en&tlng=en; http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0719-367X2022000300004&lng=en&tlng=en; http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0719-367X2022000300004; http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0719-367X2022000300004; https://dx.doi.org/10.7764/cdi.53.40653; https://cuadernos.info/index.php/cdi/article/view/40653
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
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