Fact-checking in Spain: Perception and trust

Dafne Calvo ^[2] ; Lidia Valera-Ordaz ^[2] ; Marina Requena i Mora ^[1] ; Germán Llorca-Abad ^[2]
1. [1] Universitat Jaume I
  
  Universitat Jaume I
  
  Castellón, España
2. [2] Universitat de València
Localización: Catalan journal of communication & cultural studies, ISSN 1757-1898, Vol. 14, Nº. 2 (Communication and Dissent: Competing Voices in a Post-Truth World), 2022, págs. 287-305
Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
- The purpose of this article is to analyse the perceptions, social discourses and practices regarding the verification processes of the information consumed in the context of the information disorder that societies are experiencing. To do this, we created seven discussion groups structured around the variables age, position in the social structure and political ideology. We found that (1) there is a shared perception about how disinformation compromises one of the basic pillars of democracy; (2) this perception contradicts the few practices used to verify the information consumed; (3) macro-structural changes that generate a climate of less polarization, more critical education and regulation of information practices are put forward as solutions to disinformation and the circulation of false information.