Iniciativas de verificación de datos en el ámbito latinoamericano. Un análisis sexo/género

María Francisca Montiel Torres; Laura Teruel Rodríguez

doi:10.31921/doxacom.n38a1953

Authors

María Francisca Montiel Torres University of Málaga, Spain https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8486-1947
Laura Teruel Rodríguez University of Málaga, Spain https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7575-8401

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31921/doxacom.n38a1953

Keywords:

Fact-checking, disinformation, fake news, sex-gender analysis

Abstract

The massive implementation of Relationship, Information and Communications Technologies, especially social networks, as well as changes in habits of information consumption in a hybrid media system have triggered the exponential proliferation of fake news. To combat this, dedicated fact-checking agencies have been set up, their mission being to debunk untrue content in political or media discourse. The objective of this paper is to analyse fact-checking agencies in Latin America, Spain, and Portugal to learn their characteristics, paying special attention to the role that women play in this new profession, through the case study of all the projects included in the annual report of the Reporters’ Lab census (n=54). The data shows that the majority of projects were established in 2018-2019 and remain active, are linked to civil society and have created networks to foster cooperation against the established powers. Women represent over half of the workforce in these agencies. This study quantifies, in a non-equal employment and journalistic context, the percentage of female fact-checkers, and concludes that they are a majority, even in management positions. It reflects on how this business model offers opportunities for equality despite the dangerous Ibero-American scenario for journalism and women.

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Author Biographies

María Francisca Montiel Torres, University of Málaga, Spain

PhD candidate in Education and Communication at the University of Malaga. Her lines of research are related to data journalism, disinformation and its impact on citizens, and fact-checking agencies taking sex/gender into account. A graduate in Sciences (Mathematics) from the University of Malaga, she completed Doctoral Courses with Research Proficiency in the Information and Communications Technology Program, and specialised courses in High Level Languages and Computer Programming. She has a Certificate of Pedagogical Aptitude and is a Professor of EGB at the University of Malaga. She has had leadership roles in the Institute of Educational Sciences and in Central IT Services (University of Malaga), the Planning and Development Society (Malaga Provincial Council) and has been General Director of Quality, Innovation and Prospectives in Tourism at the Andalusian Regional Government. She is a participant in the project “Impact of disinformation in Andalusia: Cross-sectional analysis of audiences and journalistic routines and agendas. Desinfoand” of the call for Projects of Excellence, Andalusian Plan for Research, Development and Innovation (PAIDI).
Laura Teruel Rodríguez, University of Málaga, Spain

Senior Lecturer in Journalism in the Department of Journalism of the University of Malaga, specialised in political journalism, polarisation, disinformation, and social networks. She has participated in six national research projects on which she has focused her scientific work. She is currently Principal Investigator of the project “Impact of disinformation in Andalusia: cross-sectional analysis of audiences and journalistic routines and agendas. Desinfoand” of the call for Projects of Excellence, Andalusian Plan for Research, Development, and Innovation (PAIDI 2020). She is also a researcher on the national project (Ministry of Science and Innovation, Challenges): “The impact of misinformation on journalism: content, professional routines and audiences” (PID2019-108956RB-I00)”. She completed her research and teacher training at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Oslo (Norway), the London School of Economics - Instituto Cañada Blanch- (UK), the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires- (Argentina), the University of Milan and the Università Degli Studi of Padua (Italy). She is a regular contributor to Agenda Pública -El País, where she has published forums on misinformation and polarisation in Spain-, the Parliament program (RNE), The Conversation, Canal Sur Radio and Television, Cadena Ser, Málaga Televisión, and 7TV, Málaga.

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