Disputed credibility in digital journalism

Discursive strategies of Brazilian fact-checking organizations from media conglomerates

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/esmp.71235
Keywords: Fact-checking, discourse, credibility, media conglomerates, Brazil
Agencies: The São Paulo Research Foundation

Abstract

Amidst a growing credibility crisis in the press, several digital fact-checking initiatives, many of them linked to media conglomerates, have proliferated in Brazil. This article examines the discursive strategies employed by legacy media fact-checking projects to understand how they are presented to readers and how they claim credibility to their activities. Our study takes as a corpus of analysis the presentation texts and the specification of the working methods of five Brazilian fact-checking organizations from media conglomerates. We characterize the primary discursive sequences used by these initiatives and the subjects implicated in their discursive production through a discursive analysis from the French line.

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Thales Vilela Lelo, Dr., University of Sao Paulo

Thales Vilela Lelo is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Department of Communication and Arts at the University of São Paulo with a scholarship from The São Paulo Research Foundation. He also holds a PhD in Social Sciences from the State University of Campinas. He is a member of the Centre of Research in Communication and Work at the University of Sao Paulo. 

Fernando Pachi Filho, Dr., Universidad Paulista

Fernando Pachi Filho is a Professor at the Faculty of Thermomechanical Technology and Paulista University. He holds a PhD in Linguistics from the State University of Campinas and was a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Sao Paulo. He is also a member of the Centre of Research in Communication and Work at the University of Sao Paulo. 

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Published
2021-04-20
How to Cite
Lelo T. V. y Filho F. P. (2021). Disputed credibility in digital journalism: Discursive strategies of Brazilian fact-checking organizations from media conglomerates. Estudios sobre el Mensaje Periodístico, 27(2), 531-541. https://doi.org/10.5209/esmp.71235
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Vol. 27 No. 2 (2021): Monográfico: Transformación, desafíos y tendencias en el Periodismo actual
Section
Studies

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