Fact-checking in SpainPerception and trust

  1. Dafne Calvo 1
  2. Lidia Valera-Ordaz 1
  3. Marina Requena i Mora 2
  4. Germán Llorca-Abad 1
  1. 1 Universitat de València
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    Universitat de València

    Valencia, España

    ROR https://ror.org/043nxc105

  2. 2 Universitat Jaume I
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    Universitat Jaume I

    Castelló de la Plana, España

    ROR https://ror.org/02ws1xc11

Aldizkaria:
Catalan journal of communication & cultural studies

ISSN: 1757-1898

Argitalpen urtea: 2022

Alea: 14

Zenbakia: 2

Orrialdeak: 287-305

Mota: Artikulua

DOI: 10.1386/CJCS_00073_1 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Beste argitalpen batzuk: Catalan journal of communication & cultural studies

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The purpose of this article is to analyse the perceptions, social discourses and practices regarding the verification processes of the information consumed in the context of the information disorder that societies are experiencing. To do this, we created seven discussion groups structured around the variables age, position in the social structure and political ideology. We found that (1) there is a shared perception about how disinformation compromises one of the basic pillars of democracy; (2) this perception contradicts the few practices used to verify the information consumed; (3) macro-structural changes that generate a climate of less polarization, more critical education and regulation of information practices are put forward as solutions to disinformation and the circulation of false information.

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  • Ecology of disinformation: The construction of fake news and its impact on the public space
    • AICO2020/224
  • Disinformation flows, polarization and crisis of media intermediation
    • PID2020-113574RB-I00

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