Automated Fact Checking in the News Room [PDF]
, 2019 Fact checking is an essential task in journalism; its importance has been highlighted due to recently increased concerns and efforts in combating misinformation.
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Journalistic interventions: The structural factors affecting the global emergence of fact-checking [PDF]
, 2017 Since the emergence of FactCheck.org in the United States in 2003, fact-checking interventions have expanded both domestically and globally. The Duke Reporter’s Lab identified nearly 100 active initiatives around the world in 2016.
Amazeen, Michelle A.
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Practitioner perceptions: critical junctures and the global emergence and challenges of fact-checking [PDF]
, 2018 Since 2003 and the emergence of FactCheck.org in the United States, fact-checking has expanded both domestically and internationally. As of February, 2016, the Duke Reporter’s Lab identified nearly 100 active initiatives around the world.
Amazeen, Michelle A.
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Checking the fact-checkers in 2008: predicting political ad scrutiny and assessing consistency [PDF]
, 2014 Which types of political ads are most likely to draw criticism from fact-checkers? Are fact-checkers consistent in their evaluations of political ads? Examining general election television ads from the 2008 U.S.
Amazeen, Michelle A.
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Revisiting the epistemology of fact-checking [PDF]
, 2015 Joseph E. Uscinski and Ryden W. Butler (2013) argue that fact-checking should be condemned to the dustbin of history because the methods fact-checkers use to select statements, consider evidence, and render judgment fail to stand up to the rigors of ...
Amazeen, Michelle A.
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Fact Checking in Community Forums
, 2018 Community Question Answering (cQA) forums are very popular nowadays, as they represent effective means for communities around particular topics to share information. Unfortunately, this information is not always factual.
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Network segregation in a model of misinformation and fact checking [PDF]
, 2018 Misinformation under the form of rumor, hoaxes, and conspiracy theories spreads on social media at alarming rates. One hypothesis is that, since social media are shaped by homophily, belief in misinformation may be more likely to thrive on those social ...
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Fully Automated Fact Checking Using External Sources
, 2017 Given the constantly growing proliferation of false claims online in recent years, there has been also a growing research interest in automatically distinguishing false rumors from factually true claims.
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Reinforcing attitudes in a gatewatching news era: individual-level antecedents to sharing fact-checks on social media [PDF]
, 2018 Despite the prevalence of fact-checking, little is known about who posts fact-checks online. Based upon a content analysis of Facebook and Twitter digital trace data and a linked online survey (N = 783), this study reveals that sharing fact-checks in ...
Amazeen, Michelle A. +2 more
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Fact-checking vs. Disinformation: verificado18 and 2018 mexico’s elections [PDF]
, 2019 La proliferación de noticias falsas en redes sociales constituye un desafío no sólo para el mundo del periodismo, sino también para nuestras democracias.
Noain Sánchez, Amaya
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