Título Debunking News as a Journalistic Genre: From the Inverted Pyramid to a Circular Writing Model
Autores HERRERO DIZ, PAULA, VARONA ARAMBURU, DAVID, PÉREZ ESCOLAR, MARTA
Publicación externa No
Medio INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION
Alcance Article
Naturaleza Científica
Cuartil JCR 3
Cuartil SJR 1
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Fecha de publicacion 01/01/2024
ISI 001163855300023
Scopus Id 2-s2.0-85186887877
Abstract 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.
Palabras clave debunk; disinformation; fact-checking; journalism; journalistic genres
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