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Fact Checking via Evidence Patterns [PDF]

Proceedings of the Twenty-Seventh International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2018
We tackle fact checking using Knowledge Graphs (KGs) as a source of background knowledge. Our approach leverages the KG schema to generate candidate evidence patterns, that is, schema-level paths that capture the semantics of a target fact in alternative ways.
Fionda V., Pirro G.
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Fact-checks: la liquidez de un género. Un Estudo de caso portugués en un contexto pandémico

Estudios sobre el Mensaje Periodístico, 2023
Este estudio propone abordar la verificación de los hechos como un proceso de la práctica periodística (fact-checking) y como un género discursivo (fact-check) compartido por distintos campos de la comunicación, desde el periodismo hasta la comunicación
Clara Almeida Santos, Ana Teresa Peixinho, Felisbela Lopes, Rita Araújo   +3 more
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Estimating Fact-checking's Effects: Evidence From a Long-term Experiment During Campaign 2014 [PDF]

, 2015
This study reports the first experimental estimates of the longitudinal effects of exposure to fact-checking. We also conduct a comprehensive panel study of attitudes toward fact-checking and how they change during a campaign.Our results are generally ...
Brendan Nyhan, Jason Reifler
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Factoring Fact-Checks: Structured Information Extraction from Fact-Checking Articles

Proceedings of The Web Conference 2020, 2020
Fact-checking, which investigates claims made in public to arrive at a verdict supported by evidence and logical reasoning, has long been a significant form of journalism to combat misinformation in the news ecosystem. Most of the fact-checks share common structured information (called factors) such as claim, claimant, and verdict. In recent years, the
Shan Jiang, Simon Baumgartner, Abe Ittycheriah, Cong Yu   +3 more
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Fact checking and analyzing the web [PDF]

Proceedings of the 2013 ACM SIGMOD International Conference on Management of Data, 2013
Fact checking and data journalism are currently strong trends. The sheer amount of data at hand makes it di fficult even for trained professionals to spot biased, outdated or simply incorrect information. We propose to demonstrate FactMinder, a fact checking and analysis assistance application.
Goasdoué, François, Karanasos, Konstantinos, Katsis, Yannis, Leblay, Julien, Manolescu, Ioana, Zampetakis, Stamatis   +5 more
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Getting it right, eh? Best practices for post hoc fact-checking in Canadian news

Facts & Frictions
Building on previous research mapping the terrain of the post hoc fact-checking practice in Canadian journalism, this research note evaluates the best methodology for verifying the accuracy of political and other claims and texts. Reviewing fact-checking
Brooks DeCillia, Brad Clark
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A Dataset of Fact-Checked Images Shared on WhatsApp During the Brazilian and Indian Elections

, 2020
Recently, messaging applications, such as WhatsApp, have been reportedly abused by misinformation campaigns, especially in Brazil and India. A notable form of abuse in WhatsApp relies on several manipulated images and memes containing all kinds of fake ...
Almeida, Jussara M., Benevenuto, Fabrício, Eckles, Dean, Garimella, Kiran, Melo, Philipe de Freitas, Reis, Julio C. S.   +5 more
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The Effect of Fact-Checking on Elites: A Field Experiment on U.S. State Legislators [PDF]

, 2014
© 2014, Midwest Political Science Association. Does external monitoring improve democratic performance? Fact-checking has come to play an increasingly important role in political coverage in the United States, but some research suggests it may be ...
Acemoglu, Adair, Alcorn, Ansolabehere, Arnold, Balz, Bantz, Bergan, Berkman, Broockman, Butler, Butler, Butler, Butler, Campante, Cappella, Carpini, Carr, Cunningham, Duflo, Duflo, Fallows, Fenno, Ferraz, Fogarty, Fritz, Gentzkow, Gottfried, Iyengar, Iyengar, Jamieson, Jamieson, Kessler, Khan, Levitt, Lewandowsky, Loewen, Lynch, Malesky, Marx, Mayhew, Moore, Nickerson, Nyhan, Nyhan, Nyhan, Nyhan, Nyhan, Nyhan, Olken, Pfau, Pingree, Plasser, Prior, Redlawsk, Schaffner, Schaffner, Schulhofer-Wohl, Sinclair, Smith, Snyder, Spivak, Squire, Stroud, Taber, Tetlock   +65 more
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Quantifying Truthfulness: A Probabilistic Framework for Atomic Claim-Based Misinformation Detection

Mathematics
The increasing sophistication and volume of misinformation on digital platforms necessitate scalable, explainable, and semantically granular fact-checking systems.
Fahim Sufi, Musleh Alsulami
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The Fact-Checking Universe in Spring 2012: An Overview [PDF]

, 2012
By almost any measure, the 2012 presidential race is shaping up to be the most fact-checked electoral contest in American history. Every new debate and campaign ad yields a blizzard of fact-checking from the new full-time fact-checkers, from traditional ...
Lucas Graves, Tom Glaisyer
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