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Title: | Debunking News as a Journalistic Genre: From the Inverted Pyramid to a Circular Writing Model |
Other Titles: | International Journal of Communication |
Authors: | Herrero-Diz, Paula Varona-Aramburu, David Pérez-Escolar, Marta |
Keywords: | desinformation journalism genres |
Issue Date: | 2024 |
Publisher: | International Journal of Communication |
Citation: | Herrero-Diz, P., Varona-Aramburu, D., and Pérez-Escolar, M. (2024). Debunking News as a Journalistic Genre: From the Inverted Pyramid to a Circular Writing Model. International Journal Of Communication, 18, 23. https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/21570/4527 |
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. |
URI: | https://repositorio.consejodecomunicacion.gob.ec//handle/CONSEJO_REP/7700 |
ISSN: | 1932-8036 |
Appears in Collections: | Documentos internacionales sobre libertad de expresión y derechos conexos |
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