Commodification of checks at Chequeado and Lupa branches in Latin America
This article discusses the strategies and businesses of the two main fact-checking agencies in Latin America: Lupa (Brazil) and Chequeado (Argentina). Starting from a comparative study of the agencies, the work consists of verifying the commodification of checking for journalism companies and other...
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| Tipo de documento: | Artículo |
| Estado: | Published version |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2022 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | USCS |
| Repositorio: | Comunicação & Inovação |
| Lenguaje: | Portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs2.seer.uscs.edu.br:article/8624 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://seer.uscs.edu.br/index.php/revista_comunicacao_inovacao/article/view/8624 |
| Nivel de acceso: | Acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Fact checking Business model Political Economy of Journalism Fact-checking Modelo de Negócio Economia Política do Jornalismo |
| Sumario: | This article discusses the strategies and businesses of the two main fact-checking agencies in Latin America: Lupa (Brazil) and Chequeado (Argentina). Starting from a comparative study of the agencies, the work consists of verifying the commodification of checking for journalism companies and other organizations. Based on the results, the article reveals that fact-checking in Latin America is a business model adopted by the initiatives, which promotes journalistic entrepreneurship and acts, at the same time, in the fight against disinformation and in the defense of democracy. |
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