Evolution of the academic debate on the Web of Science and Scopus about unfaking news (2014-2019)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/esmp.71031
Keywords: Fake news, disinformation, misinformation, Scopus, WoS

Abstract

The article presents a map of the evolution and estimation of the academic debate on unfaking news due to the advances in social networks and digital scenarios currently available. For this, 1,973 scientific publications indexed in WoS and Scopus collected and analyzed between 2014 and 2019, related to fake news, disinformation, and misinformation. Based on bibliometric indicators, the use of network analysis tools and the ETS algorithm shows that 2016 is the year that has catalyzed the academic debate around the topic discussed here. A debate characterized so far, among other things, by a lack of uniform criteria on the terms addressed here, a marked mastery of technical approaches, and evident mastery of Anglo-Saxon publishers and academic institutions. The terms misinformation and fake news will end up centralizing the debate on disinformation, at the academic level.

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Elías Manuel Said-Hung, Universidad Internacional de la Rioja

Full professor at the Education Faculty and member of the research group PROCOMM and Director of the Master's Degree in Inclusive and Intercultural Educativo of the International University of La Rioja (UNIR). President of the Science, Technology, and Society Association (CITESOC). Bachelor's degree in Arts in Sociology at the Central University of Venezuela, and the PhD degree in Communication Science at the University Complutense of Madrid, Spain.

María Adoración Merino-Arribas, Universidad Internacional de la Rioja

A journalist with 23 years of experience in communication groups. Ph.D. in Information Sciences and a Diploma in Teacher Training. Professor hired doctor and researcher at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the International University of La Rioja (UNIR) since 2013. In 2000 begun research on the informative treatment of clandestine immigration. Author of the monograph The children of the canoes: Castaways with GPS. The current research lines are the informative treatment of immigration, digital communication, transmedia narrative, fake news, accountability, and social networks. Member of the research project Public communication, transparency, accountability, and participation in local governments (GlobalCOM); member of UNIR Research's research plan.

Javier Martínez-Torres, University of Vigo
Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of Vigo but with a Mathematical training from the University of Santiago in the specialty of Applied Mathematics. Assistant professor doctor at UVigo.
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Published
2021-06-28
How to Cite
Said-Hung E. M., Merino-Arribas M. A. y Martínez-Torres J. (2021). Evolution of the academic debate on the Web of Science and Scopus about unfaking news (2014-2019). Estudios sobre el Mensaje Periodístico, 27(3), 961-971. https://doi.org/10.5209/esmp.71031
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Vol. 27 No. 3 (2021)
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Research and Documents

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