Commodification of checks at Chequeado and Lupa branches in Latin America

This article discusses the strategies and businesses of the two main fact-checking agencies in Latin America: Lupa (Brazil) and Chequeado (Argentina). Starting from a comparative study of the agencies, the work consists of verifying the commodification of checking for journalism companies and other...

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Autores: Alencar, Marta Thaís, Aquino Bittencourt, Maria Clara
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Municipal de São Caetano do Sul (USCS)
Repositorio:Comunicação & Inovação
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs2.seer.uscs.edu.br:article/8624
Acceso en línea:http://seer.uscs.edu.br/index.php/revista_comunicacao_inovacao/article/view/8624
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Fact checking
Business model
Political Economy of Journalism
Fact-checking
Modelo de Negócio
Economia Política do Jornalismo
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Sumario:This article discusses the strategies and businesses of the two main fact-checking agencies in Latin America: Lupa (Brazil) and Chequeado (Argentina). Starting from a comparative study of the agencies, the work consists of verifying the commodification of checking for journalism companies and other organizations. Based on the results, the article reveals that fact-checking in Latin America is a business model adopted by the initiatives, which promotes journalistic entrepreneurship and acts, at the same time, in the fight against disinformation and in the defense of democracy.