| Title |
Debunking News as a Journalistic Genre: From the Inverted Pyramid to a Circular Writing Model |
| Authors |
HERRERO DIZ, PAULA, VARONA ARAMBURU, DAVID, PÉREZ ESCOLAR, MARTA |
| External publication |
No |
| Means |
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION |
| Scope |
Article |
| Nature |
Científica |
| JCR Quartile |
2 |
| SJR Quartile |
1 |
| Web |
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85186887877&partnerID=40&md5=f0f8d5d66e7751b4780281b59231f551 |
| Publication date |
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. |
| Keywords |
debunk; disinformation; fact-checking; journalism; journalistic genres |
| Universidad Loyola members |
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