Debunking news as a journalistic genre: from the inverted pyramid to a circular writing model
This research identifies the common elements present in debunking news that define this sort of information as a new journalistic genre. For this purpose, after a standard literature review related to journalistic genres, fake news, fact-checking, and the state of journalism, a qualitative methodolo...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2024 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) |
| Repositorio: | Docta Complutense |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/113342 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/113342 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | 007 070.16 070.11 Debunk Desmentido Verificación Fact-Cheking Periodismo Journalism Journalistic genres Géneros periodísticos Ciencias de la Información 6308 Comunicaciones Sociales 5910.01 Información 5910.02 Medios de Comunicación de Masas 5910.03 Prensa |
| Sumario: | This research identifies the common elements present in debunking news that define this sort of information as a new journalistic genre. For this purpose, after a standard literature review related to journalistic genres, fake news, fact-checking, and the state of journalism, a qualitative methodology consisting of a content analysis of 60 debunk news from politifact.com (the United States) and maldita.es (Spain) and interviews with editors (5) of the fact-checking platforms were carried out. Findings indicate a circular writing structure with common elements present in debunk news: A headline that points out and stresses the falsehood; a first paragraph that presents the origin of the disinformation; a body of the text that exposes the evidence found when analyzing the facts; and finally, a closing paragraph, that is the final verdict, that asserts whether the news is true or false, underlines the truth, and labels the credibility of the information. |
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