Abstract
The emergence of COVID-19 has permeated the field of communication producing a silent crisis related to the production and dissemination of news. In this context, the platforms for the verification of facts and data, also called fact-checking, have been constituted as a solution to the misinformation generated by the pandemic, deriving a halo of transparency and veracity that is called into question in this research. These platforms have been evaluated by the first specific objective based on six dimensions: acquisition, information, verification, presentation, interaction and dissemination, and are subsequently examined according to their link to the news about coronavirus. To achieve these objectives, 72 fact-checking platforms supported by the International Fact-Checking Network were analysed. In these platforms, 936 data were obtained, driven by the indicators of each dimension, which showed an increasing trend in acquisition (88%), information (91%), verification (85%), presentation (77%) and dissemination (92%), but with limitations regarding the interaction (47%) of the verified information that moves them away from the transversal notion of digital interfaces. Likewise, concerning the situation produced by COVID-19, the lack of a different civic co-responsibility agreement, beyond the one used for the coverage of other news, is noted at a general level. In short, the following situation is presented for future research: fact-checking, entertainment in exchange for donations or democratic commitment?
Translated title of the contribution | Periodismo de rendición de cuentas durante la emergencia de Covid-19: evaluación de la transparencia en las plataformas oficiales de verificación de datos |
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Original language | English |
Title of host publication | Marketing and Smart Technologies - Proceedings of ICMarkTech 2020 |
Editors | Álvaro Rocha, Marc K. Peter, Sandra Loureiro, José Luís Reis, Ricardo Cayolla, Zorica Bogdanovic |
Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH |
Pages | 561-572 |
Number of pages | 12 |
ISBN (Print) | 9789813341821 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 31 Mar 2021 |
Event | International Conference on Marketing and Technologies, ICMarkTech 2020 - Lisbon, Portugal Duration: 8 Oct 2020 → 10 Oct 2020 |
Publication series
Name | Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies |
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Volume | 205 |
ISSN (Print) | 2190-3018 |
ISSN (Electronic) | 2190-3026 |
Conference
Conference | International Conference on Marketing and Technologies, ICMarkTech 2020 |
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Country/Territory | Portugal |
City | Lisbon |
Period | 8/10/20 → 10/10/20 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
Keywords
- Coronavirus
- Covid-19
- Fact-checking
- Fake news
- Pandemic
- Platforms
- Social media
- Transparency
- Veracity
- Verification
- Websites
CACES Knowledge Areas
- 413A Social and Cultural Studies