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"This dis- and misinformation fact-checking toolkit was developed by Africa Check for young journalism students and members of NGOs and CSOs with a focus on youth-led organisations. It aims to equip members of the youth with the knowledge and practical tips to stop the spread of false information. T
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The Influence of Media Trust and Normative Role Expectations on the Credibility of Fact Checkers
Journalism Practice, volume 18, issue 5 (2024), pp. 1137-1157
"Fact-checking has been granted a pivotal role in mitigating the effects of online disinformation, but its effectiveness has nonetheless been questioned. Like any persuasive communication, fact checkers depend on their recipients perceiving both their messages and them as credible. This study invest
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Disinformation Debunked: Building Resilience Through Media and Information Literacy
London: Routledge (2024), 329 pp.
"The book highlights the underlying stakes that are involved in the fight against disinformation, from producing smart tools to generalizing their use beyond the journalistic profession. It considers the MIL theories and methodologies at work in the digital era, especially from the perspective of di
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Questioning Fact-Checking in the Fight Against Disinformation: An Audience Perspective
Journalism Practice, volume 17, issue 10 (2023), pp. 2123-2139
"Fact-checking has been identified as a significant journalistic tool in the fight against disinformation. Relevant studies have focused on its emergence as a movement within journalism aiming at renewing the profession, as well as its effectiveness in challenging disinformation, especially during e
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Sustaining Exposure to Fact-Checks: Misinformation Discernment, Media Consumption, and its Political Implications
[authors] (2023), 37 + 27 pp.
"Exposure to misinformation can affect citizens’ beliefs, political preferences, and compliance with government policies. However, little is known about how to reduce susceptibility to misinformation in a sustained manner outside controlled environments, particularly in the Global South. We evalua
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Fact-Checking, Digital Security, Data Journalism Starter's Guide
Nairobi: Kenya Community Media Network (KCOMNET) (2023), 109 pp.
"This handbook is divided into three main sections: Fact-Checking, Digital Security, and Data Journalism. Each section contains a series of chapters that cover essential topics, providing you with a holistic understanding of these subjects. Let's take a brief look at what each section entails. In th
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Reporting Conflict from Afar: Journalists, Social Media, Communication Technologies, and War
Journalism Practice, volume 17, issue 2 (2023), pp. 300-318
"We conducted interviews with conflict journalists who covered the conflicts in Syria, Yemen, Libya, and Iraq and who work for the major international news agencies and media companies. These journalists did most of their reporting from remote locations as the conflict zones were too dangerous to be
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From Disinformation to Fact-Checking: How Ibero-American Fact-Checkers on Twitter Combat Fake News
Profesional de la Información, volume 32, issue 1 (2023), 14 pp.
"In recent years, the disinformation phenomenon, brought about by the ease with which fake news and hoaxes spread on social networks, has grown considerably. Twitter, especially, is a network that from the outset has been closely linked to news processes that are widely used by journalists. It has b
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The Chicago Guide to Fact-Checking
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2nd ed. (2023), 246 pp.
"If journalism is a cornerstone of democracy, says author Brooke Borel, then fact-checking is its building inspector. In this second edition of her guide to the why, what, and how of editorial fact-checking, Borel covers the evolving media landscape, with new guidance on checking audio and video sou
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Fighting Lies with Facts or Humor: Comparing the Effectiveness of Satirical and Regular Fact-Checks in Response to Misinformation and Disinformation
Communication Monographs, volume 90, issue 1 (2023), pp. 69-91
"This study tested the effectiveness of fact-check format (regular vs. satirical) to refute different types of false information. Specifically, we conducted a pre-registered online survey experiment (N = 849) that compared the effects of regular fact-checkers and satirist refutations in response to
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Purposes, Principles, and Difficulties of Fact-Checking in Ibero-America: Journalists’ Perceptions
Journalism Practice, volume 17, issue 10 (2023), pp. 2159-2177
"Fact-checking journalism has become a common practice to counteract misinformation. This research analyzes the perceptions of fact-checkers in Ibero-America on the purposes, principles, and challenges of fact-checking. Specifically, we studied if there are differences in perception based on adheren
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The Palgrave Handbook of Media Misinformation
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2023), xliv, 386 pp.
"The Palgrave Handbook of Media Misinformation provides a comprehensive and cutting-edge resource on the critical debates surrounding fake news and misinformation online. Spanning all continents and linking academic, journalistic, and educational communities, this collection offers authoritative cov
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Open-Source Journalism in a Wired World: Spurred by Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine, Open-Source Investigations Are Being Integrated Into Standard Newsroom Practice
Nieman Reports, December 7 (2022)
"More than nine months into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the online methods for tracking this war are many and proliferating, including the most obvious source of all — social media networks. A 2019 law designed to keep its military from posting on social media has not deterred Russian service
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The Problem with Pictures: Source Analysis and Fact-Checking in a Time of War
Journalism Research, volume 5, issue 2 (2022), pp. 172-182
"Day in, day out, we journalists receive images from combat zones in Ukraine, without knowing whether they are authentic or have been manipulated. It is our job to find out, conducting analysis that takes both time and basic knowledge of image forensics. There are many testing tools and platforms fo
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Disinformation, Hoaxes, Curation and Verification: Review of Studies in Ibero-America 2017-2020
Online Media and Global Communication, volume 1, issue 3 (2022), pp. 648-668
"This article is aligned with the recommendations of the main international organizations that fight against disinformation and infodemic, providing a review work that can be useful for researchers, professionals and scholars of the subject. Review articles like this one also help to establish futur
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Una guÃa para principiantes para establecer una organización de fact-checking en América Latina y el Caribe
Montevideo: UNESCO (2022), 25 pp.
"El objetivo de la guÃa es que los interesados en establecer una organización de fact-checking en la región puedan entender conceptos básicos de cómo chequear frases de polÃticos y desmentir desinformaciones, asà como también reciban recomendaciones sobre cómo difundir estas notas y otras s
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Medios nativos digitales en América Latina: Enfoques, retos y experiencias
Cuenca; Quito: Universidad Politécnica Salesiana; Abya-Yala (2022), 224 pp.
"El panorama de los medios de comunicación han cambiado: de las grandes empresas editoras de periódicos, generalmente propiedad de grupos familiares, a los medios nativos digitales financiados por los propios periodistas o por ONGs gracias a los aportes ciudadanos o iniciativas de recaudación de
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Fact-Checking Initiatives in Portuguese Language Countries: Checking Methods and Financing Strategies
Online Media and Global Communication, volume 1, issue 3 (2022), pp. 600-625
"This work examines more closely the standardizing and the customizing aspects of active factchecking outlets in Portuguese-speaking countries, focusing on the verification methods and organizational models in use. Based on Content Analysis, we collected manually 318 posts during June 2019 from each
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The Debunking Effect: Recent and Upcoming Challenges for Fact-Checking Organizations
Deep Insights
Budapest: Center for Media, Data and Society (CMDS) (2022), 50 pp.
"The CEU Democracy Institute's Center for Media, Data and Society (CMDS) embarked in November 2020 on a one-year project aimed at mapping and analyzing the work of the world's fact-checking groups, with a focus on their challenges, needs and successes. The project started with a survey of 30 fact-ch
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The Rise of the Brazilian Fact-checking Movement: Between Economic Sustainability and Editorial Independence
Journalism Studies, volume 23, issue 9 (2022), pp. 1077-1095
"This study addresses the expansion of Brazilian fact-checking enterprises, focusing on their funding sources and challenges to ensure editorial autonomy. The research is mainly grounded in semi-structured interviews with 16 fact-checkers from 13 active organizations, and includes complementary data
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