LatamCovidNewsCheck. Meta-classification of Fact Checking Platforms in Latin America During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Ignacio Balcázar; Angel Torres-Toukoumidis; Gabriela Balcazar

doi:10.1007/978-981-16-5792-4_11

LatamCovidNewsCheck. Meta-classification of Fact Checking Platforms in Latin America During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Ignacio Balcázar (First Author)
, Angel Torres-Toukoumidis (Corresponding Author)
, Gabriela Balcazar

Universidad Politécnica Salesiana

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Abstract

The COVID-19 disease hit the world, especially Latin America, unveiling another equally serious pathology, the virus of fake news, which spreads on a large scale thanks to the Internet, especially social networks, where thousands and millions of Internet users share information lacking scientific support. This work contributes to show and verify a dozen fact-checking agencies in Latin America, their regulations and operation. For this purpose, 12 agencies in Latin America were studied and verified for their review protocols, objectives and categorization of news, in order to establish a fact-checking format. The results obtained from this research show significant data, in terms of formal aspects the tendency was to clarify and verify the news, in the search objectives section, the agencies were linked to controversy, disinformation and public debate, going through their different categorizations or batteries used, the most common of which were true, false, misleading, among others, to end with a fact-checking model for Latin America.

Translated title of the contribution	LatamCovidNewsCheck. Metaclasificación de las plataformas de verificación de hechos en América Latina durante la pandemia de Covid-19.
Original language	English
Title of host publication	Communication and Smart Technologies - Proceedings of ICOMTA 2021
Editors	Álvaro Rocha, Daniel Barredo, Paulo Carlos López-López, Iván Puentes-Rivera
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	104-113
Number of pages	10
Volume	259
ISBN (Print)	9789811657917
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5792-4_11
State	Published - 2022
Event	International Conference on Communication and Applied Technologies, ICOMTA 2021 - Bogotá, Colombia Duration: 1 Sep 2021 → 3 Sep 2021

Publication series

Name	Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies
Volume	259 SIST
ISSN (Print)	2190-3018
ISSN (Electronic)	2190-3026

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Communication and Applied Technologies, ICOMTA 2021
Country/Territory	Colombia
City	Bogotá
Period	1/09/21 → 3/09/21

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
SDG 4 Quality Education

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Balcázar, I., Torres-Toukoumidis, A., & Balcazar, G. (2022). LatamCovidNewsCheck. Meta-classification of Fact Checking Platforms in Latin America During the Covid-19 Pandemic. In Á. Rocha, D. Barredo, P. C. López-López, & I. Puentes-Rivera (Eds.), Communication and Smart Technologies - Proceedings of ICOMTA 2021 (Vol. 259, pp. 104-113). (Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies; Vol. 259 SIST). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5792-4_11

Balcázar, Ignacio ; Torres-Toukoumidis, Angel ; Balcazar, Gabriela. / LatamCovidNewsCheck. Meta-classification of Fact Checking Platforms in Latin America During the Covid-19 Pandemic. Communication and Smart Technologies - Proceedings of ICOMTA 2021. editor / Álvaro Rocha ; Daniel Barredo ; Paulo Carlos López-López ; Iván Puentes-Rivera. Vol. 259 Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2022. pp. 104-113 (Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies).

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Balcázar, I, Torres-Toukoumidis, A & Balcazar, G 2022, LatamCovidNewsCheck. Meta-classification of Fact Checking Platforms in Latin America During the Covid-19 Pandemic. in Á Rocha, D Barredo, PC López-López & I Puentes-Rivera (eds), Communication and Smart Technologies - Proceedings of ICOMTA 2021. vol. 259, Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol. 259 SIST, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, pp. 104-113, International Conference on Communication and Applied Technologies, ICOMTA 2021, Bogotá, Colombia, 1/09/21. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5792-4_11

LatamCovidNewsCheck. Meta-classification of Fact Checking Platforms in Latin America During the Covid-19 Pandemic. / Balcázar, Ignacio (First Author); Torres-Toukoumidis, Angel (Corresponding Author); Balcazar, Gabriela.
Communication and Smart Technologies - Proceedings of ICOMTA 2021. ed. / Álvaro Rocha; Daniel Barredo; Paulo Carlos López-López; Iván Puentes-Rivera. Vol. 259 Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2022. p. 104-113 (Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies; Vol. 259 SIST).

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Balcázar I, Torres-Toukoumidis A, Balcazar G. LatamCovidNewsCheck. Meta-classification of Fact Checking Platforms in Latin America During the Covid-19 Pandemic. In Rocha Á, Barredo D, López-López PC, Puentes-Rivera I, editors, Communication and Smart Technologies - Proceedings of ICOMTA 2021. Vol. 259. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. 2022. p. 104-113. (Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies). doi: 10.1007/978-981-16-5792-4_11

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